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258points
44comments
#99of 2,242 in 2017
Top 5%of 2017 by points
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6 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Design: 2 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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Impressive graphics work in Go
From 3 comments
Glad to see more graphics work being done in Go. This is built on `pinhole`, which is built on `gg`, a 2D rendering library that I wrote. How many layers deep can we get? :)…
fogleman on HNIt's always nice seeing unique projects in Golang appear like this. Also worth noting that this includes the ability to upload directly to imgur via the github.com/mattn/imgur…
warent on HNLooks so good. The detail is just amazing! This may or may not be useful, but here's a Go package containing a bunch of city data. It might be a good fit for people using your…
tidwall on HN
Objections
Benchmarks are missing
From 1 comment
It's always nice seeing unique projects in Golang appear like this. Also worth noting that this includes the ability to upload directly to imgur via the github.com/mattn/imgur…
warent on HN
Requests
Output to io.Writer instead of filenames
From 1 comment
That's pretty cool! It would be nice if the API allowed writing to io.Writer instead of taking filenames.
AYBABTME on HN
Interactive version like d3 rotating maps
From 1 comment
How possible / appropriate would it be to utilize this library to create an interactive version similar to this example using d3: https://www.jasondavies.com/maps/rotate/
sxv on HN
Questions
Why map projections distort area on the globe
From 2 comments
Does anyone know why isn’t it possible to get the same perspective (preserving scale, distances, areas) in Google Earth Web? For example, you wouldn’t be able to get the shapes…
goblin89 on HNIf you want to map whole planet’s surface onto a plane then sure, there’re tons of options (Dymaxion projection is my favorite). I can’t understand why areas and distances would…
goblin89 on HN
Performance with many points
From 1 comment
Looks really cool! How many points can one draw with this before it becomes too slow? I did a similar looking 3D globe animation with WebGL once and the total number of points…
graetzer on HN
Alternatives named
pinhole (tidwall) rendering library
From 1 comment
Thanks! I was really glad to find that imgur tool. I wanted to make sure the images in the README were kept in sync with the code. Also credit has to go to…
mmcloughlin on HN