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climate data visualization
SHOW HN2016
69points
24comments
#553of 2,264 in 2016
Top 25%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
1 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 4 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score -0.24.
Execution: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Visually striking, pretty and slick 3D visualization
From 2 comments
Great and very pretty! Besides the rotation issue pointed out by 'McKayDavis, I'd also suggest adding some legends for data - maybe a constantly visible data range on the side,…
TeMPOraL on HNI love the fact that you made this really slick interactive 3D data visualization, but the Facebook share button is "a little hard to grok"! Again, very well made. Really…
gavinpc on HN
Animated transition between projection and sphere is loved
From 1 comment
Nice, but the rotate controls are a way too sensitive and spin the globe too fast. I recommend you look into arcball rotation [1]. It's perfect for a globe. [1]…
McKayDavis on HN
Objections
Rotation controls too sensitive and spin too fast
From 2 comments
Nice, but the rotate controls are a way too sensitive and spin the globe too fast. I recommend you look into arcball rotation [1]. It's perfect for a globe. [1]…
McKayDavis on HNGreat and very pretty! Besides the rotation issue pointed out by 'McKayDavis, I'd also suggest adding some legends for data - maybe a constantly visible data range on the side,…
TeMPOraL on HN
Zooming on mobile is awkward and hard to exit
From 1 comment
Renders great on an iPhone. The zooming is a bit weird. You should look into locking the viewport. Once you get to a zoom level it's really hard to get out of it.
nojvek on HN
WebGL failed to load in Chrome on Mac
From 2 comments
"Your graphics card does not seem to support WebGL". I've never failed to run WebGL before. Using chrome on mac.
gunn on HNHuh, actually other WebGL demos aren't working for me now. I'm on chrome 53 and chrome://gpu/ says: "WebGL: Hardware accelerated" but canvas.getContext('webgl') returns null.…
gunn on HN
Twitter syndication loading issue
From 1 comment
"Waiting for syndication.twitter.com" ...and this is where I click the close button. No, you will not use me for racking up your whatever.
Annatar on HN
Requests
Use arcball rotation for the globe
From 1 comment
Nice, but the rotate controls are a way too sensitive and spin the globe too fast. I recommend you look into arcball rotation [1]. It's perfect for a globe. [1]…
McKayDavis on HN
Add a legend showing the data range
From 1 comment
Great and very pretty! Besides the rotation issue pointed out by 'McKayDavis, I'd also suggest adding some legends for data - maybe a constantly visible data range on the side,…
TeMPOraL on HN
Add tooltips over navigation buttons
From 1 comment
Love it! A few suggestions... - Set your Fb app to production so people can share on Facebook; currently shows error about dev mode - Maybe increase the transparency of the…
simple10 on HN
Make Facebook app production mode so sharing works
From 1 comment
Love it! A few suggestions... - Set your Fb app to production so people can share on Facebook; currently shows error about dev mode - Maybe increase the transparency of the…
simple10 on HN
Increase tile transparency to see home country
From 1 comment
Love it! A few suggestions... - Set your Fb app to production so people can share on Facebook; currently shows error about dev mode - Maybe increase the transparency of the…
simple10 on HN
Questions
What are the shades relative to?
From 2 comments
Really cool and interesting visualization. Since this is most likely a common chart for people looking at climate change and it may be explained by the parents feedback, I was…
thebeardedone on HNIf you click the question mark it gives some details on the data. The temperatures are relative to a 1961-1990 average.
phaemon on HN
How are full red and full blue normalized?
From 2 comments
I love the fact that you made this really slick interactive 3D data visualization, but the Facebook share button is "a little hard to grok"! Again, very well made. Really…
gavinpc on HNThank you. I make a pass over the data, find the min/max values for cooler and warmer and then use that to scale the color from full intensity (largest changes) to least…
callumprentice on HN
Why is there a sudden shift around 1998?
From 2 comments
1998 looks like an inflection point. Before then, you'd see blues and reds; after that, it's mostly just red everywhere. What's up with that?
euyyn on HNIn 1998 there was one of the strongest El Nino events. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_El_Ni%C3%B1o_event Maybe this made for a sudden increase, rather than a more…
more_original on HN
Alternatives named
Cesium
From 1 comment
Cool map! Is that coded with Cesium?
mgalka on HN