Piste.io

Consumer and social

ski resort maps

SHOW HN2016

16points
5comments
#1,342of 2,264 in 2016
Top 60%of 2016 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.

Execution: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Easy to use website

    From 1 comment
    • Excellent website and very easy to use. 1.) Why no US ski resorts? Google maps covers most of the big ski resorts here. I was hoping to see them in piste.io as well. 2.) Why does…
      karle on HN

Objections

  • Run difficulty grading is wrong for some resorts, e.g. Whistler uses green/blue/black/double black

    From 1 comment
    • Just had a look at my local resort Whistler and you kinda need to update it, the run difficulties are graded differently. We go green > blue > black > double black
      kevinprince on HN
  • Requires iOS 9.0 due to an API dependency

    From 2 comments
    • Excellent website and very easy to use. 1.) Why no US ski resorts? Google maps covers most of the big ski resorts here. I was hoping to see them in piste.io as well. 2.) Why does…
      karle on HN
    • Thanks! There are US resorts, eg http://www.piste.io/northstar. If you type in USA into the search field they'll show up On iOS, this was due to needing an 9.0 API, we hope to…
      pheelicks on HN

Requests

  • Fix run difficulty grading to match local systems

    From 1 comment
    • You're not the first person to point this out. Will get onto fixing it.
      pheelicks on HN
  • Add snow coverage by slope

    From 1 comment
  • Support iOS 8.3

    From 1 comment
    • Excellent website and very easy to use. 1.) Why no US ski resorts? Google maps covers most of the big ski resorts here. I was hoping to see them in piste.io as well. 2.) Why does…
      karle on HN
  • Add US ski resorts

    From 1 comment
    • Excellent website and very easy to use. 1.) Why no US ski resorts? Google maps covers most of the big ski resorts here. I was hoping to see them in piste.io as well. 2.) Why does…
      karle on HN

Questions

  • Why are US ski resorts missing

    From 1 comment
    • Excellent website and very easy to use. 1.) Why no US ski resorts? Google maps covers most of the big ski resorts here. I was hoping to see them in piste.io as well. 2.) Why does…
      karle on HN

Alternatives named

  • Google Maps

    From 1 comment
    • Excellent website and very easy to use. 1.) Why no US ski resorts? Google maps covers most of the big ski resorts here. I was hoping to see them in piste.io as well. 2.) Why does…
      karle on HN

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