Looks like something they can integrate into Google Maps, once it's successful enough. But because nobody will ever find it again there, it will be removed 3 Years later because of lacking usage.

"we wanted to give something back to the community and have therefore decided to open source it" ;-)

Please don't post unsubstantive comments to HN. This one is unsubstantive because it has become almost a Betteridge-level cliché. Curiosity and predictability can't occupy the same space, and HN is a site for curiosity.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html