Peaks of Austria
Creative
interactive 3d map
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
5 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 8 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Execution: 1 for, 5 againstDesign: 2 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Smooth and impressive rendering, looks close to Google Earth
From 3 comments
Merry Christmas! This is really well done. This gets very close in the look and feel to Google Maps/Earth.
bigdict on HNJust want to say, love the mobile interface on iOS. Smooth as butter, super controllable, intuitive. I don’t know whether you designed it or if it came with the engine, but…
sillysaurusx on HNThis is working much better than it was last time I saw it on the front page. Nice work.
recursive on HN
Good mobile interface on iOS
From 1 comment
Just want to say, love the mobile interface on iOS. Smooth as butter, super controllable, intuitive. I don’t know whether you designed it or if it came with the engine, but…
sillysaurusx on HN
Objections
Two-finger rotation gesture is unintuitive and conflicts with zoom
From 3 comments
I disagree with one aspect. Rotation doesn’t work the way it does in every other iOS UI, and so it took me forever to figure out how to rotate. On a related note, it kept…
jtbayly on HNNo. If I move two fingers from side to side it rotates. If I try to rotate two fingers, nothing happens. If I also happen to also move them closer together/further apart, then it…
jtbayly on HNIf you hold one finger in place and rotate the other around, it works. It’s a bit more subtle than the default iOS rotate gesture. If both fingers move during the rotation it…
beowulfey on HN
Flat rendering or no height on some devices and browsers
From 4 comments
Hmm, I can see rendering only as a flat map. Is it supposed to have height to it?
Keyframe on HNSame here. Maybe it does not work correctly on all platforms? I'm using an old Android phone (Samsung G8)
Patient0 on HNSame here. Could it be some rate limiting of the height data? I'm on a Samsung S20.
strictfp on HNSame. I'm on desktop Firefox 84
arifmeticus on HN
Imagery covers only Austria, showing wrong terrain elsewhere
From 1 comment
That's not a bug, it's Germany! The aerial imagery comes from the Austrian basemap.at dataset, which only covers Austria. If you use imagery that covers multiple countries this…
pheelicks on HN
Requests
Allow zooming further in, even at lower resolution
From 1 comment
Can you let the user zoom further, even if it is a bit lo-res?
chime on HN
Support for elevation data for Germany
From 1 comment
Amazing work! Is there any open data for elevation for germany?
la_fayette on HN
Questions
Where the DEM and aerial imagery come from
From 3 comments
Where do you get the DEM from?
fh973 on HNVery cool! How is the elevation data textured in this demo?
mauflows on HNWhere the aerial imagery comes from?
germanka on HN
Why the polar angle is constrained
From 1 comment
Why is the polar angle constrained so much?
ajnin on HN
Whether negative elevations are handled
From 1 comment
Love it! Can the library handle negative elevations?
somishere on HN
Alternatives named
Google Maps / Google Earth
From 1 comment
Merry Christmas! This is really well done. This gets very close in the look and feel to Google Maps/Earth.
bigdict on HN