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Data
crowdfunding map visualisation
SHOW HN2012
37points
12comments
#625of 1,677 in 2012
Top 38%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
5 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.27.
Design: 2 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Visually attractive design and infographics
From 3 comments
Super gorgeous...love being able to visit communities and get a pulse of the World of Kickstarter. Congrats!
marcospolanco on HNThe infographics look AWESOME! Nice work on the video browse, too...
MarkHoroszowski on HNVery cool work. Thx.
vicliu6 on HN
Fun way to explore projects by location
From 2 comments
lookin' good! scouting the map is a great way to get the creative juicing flowing.
bcrimmins on HNVery nicely done. I expected for film projects in LA than the SF bay area but not more technology projects too. Love to see the wide reach of Kickstarter as a funding platform.
ChuckMcM on HN
Objections
Clicking a location auto-loads the video instead of showing a popup
From 2 comments
Fantastic! One UI issue: When i zoom in on an area, and click a location, it automatically loads the video. I'd much rather see the project "popup" on the map and then have the…
bangbang on HNagreed, this made it a frustrating to browse. Great work though!
dusing on HN
Requests
Show project popup on map before video
From 2 comments
Fantastic! One UI issue: When i zoom in on an area, and click a location, it automatically loads the video. I'd much rather see the project "popup" on the map and then have the…
bangbang on HNThanks for the feedback, I think you're right.
justinwi on HN
Questions
How location data is obtained; whether it scrapes Kickstarter or uses an API
From 1 comment
How are you getting the location data? Are you just scraping Kickstarter's site? Can't find any docs on their API...
jhull on HN
Source of the project feed and how it surfaces projects
From 1 comment
Thanks! Where are you getting the feed of projects from by the way? I find Kickstarter terrible for discovering new projects, its seems a lot of stuff gets buried.
asher_ on HN
Alternatives named
Google Maps marker clusterer library
From 2 comments
I believe they are using (http://google-maps-utility-library-v3.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/markerclusterer/examples/simple_example.html)
togasystems on HNDoes google maps do the fanning out of many POIs in a circle automatically or did you have to do that yourself?
jtokoph on HN