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interactive map visualisation
SHOW HN2017
109points
12comments
#411of 2,242 in 2017
Top 19%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
1 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.12.
Design: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Interactive visualization of Mercator problems is one of the best seen
From 1 comment
nice, one of the best, interactive visualizations of the problems of mercator maps i've seen
joern on HN
Requests
Support for more non-Mercator projections such as HEALPix and Dymaxion
From 2 comments
There's a few map projections I really like that don't have most of these problems: HELAPIx[0] and Dymaxion map[1]. HELAPIx is designed to have pixels of the same area, and…
m1el on HNAre there any online maps that aren't Web Mercator? Google Maps, Here.com, OpenStreetMap, Bing Maps, MapQuest are all Mercator-only, with no easy option to switch.
desdiv on HN
Questions
How do EPSG projection conversions work
From 1 comment
Is there some nice explanation of how the projections between various EPSG codes work? I converted one projection into another but in QGIS or in python pyproj, but except for the…
MichailP on HN
Alternatives named
Cahill-Keyes projection
From 1 comment
I like Cahill-Keyes: http://www.cartotalk.com/index.php?showtopic=9406 (d3.js animation included).
mitchtbaum on HN
Myriahedral projections
From 1 comment
Probably my favorite are the Myriahedral projections[1], basically the Dymaxion map, but with ridiculous number of faces. In his paper he also unfolds a fractal[2]. [1]:…
lukewtollefson on HN
HEALPix
From 1 comment
There's a few map projections I really like that don't have most of these problems: HELAPIx[0] and Dymaxion map[1]. HELAPIx is designed to have pixels of the same area, and…
m1el on HN