nicetrails

Creative

3d printed trophies

SHOW HN2016

63points
11comments
#611of 2,264 in 2016
Top 27%of 2016 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

4 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.

Idea: 3 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Cool and creative concept

    From 3 comments
    • This is extremely creative and cool. Nice job!
      chatmasta on HN
    • Love this. Wish my recent hikes were more ambitious (and thusly deserving of memorialization)!
      stuart78 on HN
    • This is super neat. Is the vertical scale fixed? Midwestern US hills are a challenge to bike IMO but probably not impressive when compared w/these fantastic alpine landscapes.
      wyldfire on HN
  • Terrain enhancer slider helps long routes look dramatic

    From 2 comments
    • For long routes (>100km), the terrain tends to look flat, due to the proportions of altitude (Z) vs width/length... to solve that, we added a "terrain enhancer", a slider to…
      belforn on HN
    • Nice!
      wyldfire on HN

Objections

  • 3D printing is still expensive

    From 1 comment
    • This is super cool. Too bad 3D printing is still so expensive.
      drbild on HN
  • Upload timed out for a user's own GPX file

    From 1 comment
    • Nice work. I'm getting a timeout on http://app.nicetrails.com/api/createXML3D_base_noUV_nobase_UV.php when trying to upload my own .gpx
      tgasson on HN

Requests

  • Integration with Strava and mobile tracking apps

    From 1 comment
    • I would love to use something like this to capture a ski day. If I could just turn on a mobile app at the beginning of the day to track my route and then export from the app that…
      prbuckley on HN

Questions

  • Is the vertical scale fixed?

    From 1 comment
    • This is super neat. Is the vertical scale fixed? Midwestern US hills are a challenge to bike IMO but probably not impressive when compared w/these fantastic alpine landscapes.
      wyldfire on HN

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