Who is Population Rays for?

Population Rays is a consumer product built for geography enthusiasts and curious individuals.

Is Population Rays free?

Yes — Population Rays is free to use.

What platforms does Population Rays run on?

Population Rays runs on the web.

Is Population Rays still maintained?

Unverified. Population Rays has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

What projects are similar to Population Rays?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include SILAKAN, Timely, and WP Sort Order.

Who makes Population Rays?

Population Rays is developed by Jason H.

When did Population Rays launch?

Population Rays first shipped in 2024.

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Population Rays

Name: Population Rays
Author: Jason H

github.ioOther productivity

Population Rays is an interactive web tool that shows how far a 5° angular slice must travel from a chosen point on the map before it encounters a given number of people (default 100k). Users can search for locations, use their current position, or explore the map to see population distribution patterns in different directions. It uses high-resolution population data from Meta and CIESIN to generate the visualizations.

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Overview

4 features

Population Rays is an Other productivity project. It focuses on understanding population density and distance to population centers from any location. Population Rays is a consumer product aimed at geography enthusiasts and curious individuals. Population Rays costs nothing to use. Population Rays is available on the web.

Jason H builds and maintains Population Rays, and it first shipped in 2024. Among its 4 catalogued features are Interactive Map, Population Visualization, and Location Search.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Interactive Map
Population Visualization
Location Search
Directional Analysis

Built with & integrations

Runs on

Browser

Trust & compliance

Verified signals

HTTPSFree tier

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed23 Jul · 21:36 UTC
Show HN: How far do I have to go to run into 100k people? verified against its public source
Source: PulseGate · Open

Frequently asked questions about Population Rays

What does Population Rays do?: Population Rays focuses on understanding population density and distance to population centers from any location. It is catalogued under Other productivity on PulseGate.
Who is Population Rays for?: Population Rays is a consumer product built for geography enthusiasts and curious individuals.
Is Population Rays free?: Yes — Population Rays is free to use.
What platforms does Population Rays run on?: Population Rays runs on the web.
Is Population Rays still maintained?: Unverified. Population Rays has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What projects are similar to Population Rays?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include SILAKAN, Timely, and WP Sort Order.SILAKAN Timely WP Sort Order
Who makes Population Rays?: Population Rays is developed by Jason H.
When did Population Rays launch?: Population Rays first shipped in 2024.

At a glance

Platforms: Web
Languages: English
Built for: geography enthusiasts and curious individuals
Model: B2C
Solves: Understanding population density and distance to population centers from any location.

Developer

Jason H

Live coverage

Identity confidence: High · 87.8
Indexed: 23 Jul 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
Last seen: 23 Jul 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: show-hn-how-far-do-i-have-to-go-to-run-into-100k-people-github-io
Lifecycle state recorded: 23 Jul 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 23 Jul 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 5 Aug 2026
Canonical URL: https://imjasonh.github.io/playground/population-rays

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