Tile38
Data
geospatial database
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
6 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.28.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Reliable in production for fleet and geofence tracking
From 3 comments
This is an amazing piece of software and thanks for creating this. We heavily use Tile38 for all our Geospatial needs in production.
rshetty on HNTile38 is a great product, we've been using it in production to track, and manage geofences for a large amount of asphalt and cement trucks :)
rngesus on HNIt's nothing too special, we collect positional information from several devices and feed it into Tile38 which then processes the geofences and delivers the enter/exit/inside…
rngesus on HN
Useful geospatial database and clean codebase
From 2 comments
I think JB originally added Z for zoom level for map tile zoom level, but (having done exactly this for some internal demos) you can totally abuse it for what you want and it…
ptrott2017 on HNThis is definitely a cool product. I've been thinking of building something like this for use in a game server backend. Do you plan on adding height-support? I'm sure some…
gravypod on HN
Objections
GPS accuracy is poor indoors, limiting height-based use
From 1 comment
GPS isn't too great in skyscrapers. In most current gen smartphones GPS can only really pin you to a 16ft resolution on a current gen smartphone in ideal conditions [0]. This…
gravypod on HN
Documentation had a broken link, since fixed
From 2 comments
@tidwall: the link to maptiler.org in the readme is broken (it has bad certificate + asks for login & password)
akavel on HNOh thanks! I just fixed it.
tidwall on HN
Requests
Support for height or elevation data
From 1 comment
This is definitely a cool product. I've been thinking of building something like this for use in a game server backend. Do you plan on adding height-support? I'm sure some…
gravypod on HN
Integration with Owntracks via MQTT
From 1 comment
I wonder how much work it would be to integrate with Owntracks. It looks like Tile38 supports MQTT.
jpeeler on HN
Questions
Can a nearby query run on a geohash
From 1 comment
Hi ! Thanks for creating this project. This looks extremely usefu l for the current project I am working on. Question : is it possible to do a Nearby query on a geohash ?
ing33k on HN
How it differs from nearest neighbor libraries like flannel
From 1 comment
What does this give you beyond what nearest neighbor libraries like flannel already do?
BubRoss on HN
Alternatives named
flannel nearest neighbor library
From 1 comment
What does this give you beyond what nearest neighbor libraries like flannel already do?
BubRoss on HN
Flogo event-driven pipelines
From 1 comment
I am just now digging a bit into IFTTT like event driven api pipelines (OS of course) and so the "Automated Events" section on tile38.com hit my attention - niiice! I just today…
supersexy on HN