AllTheViews
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geospatial visibility analysis
SHOW HN2026
How HN took it
22 positive, 46 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 15 critical, out of 84 comments about the project. Thread score +0.20.
Execution: 1 for, 13 againstIdea: 11 for, 1 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 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
Impressive full-planet computation effort
From 1 comment
The jump from "we can compute this" to "we computed it for the entire planet" is what makes this impressive. A lot of projects stop at the proof of concept. Running hundreds of…
BuleBule on HN
Clever and interesting project
From 1 comment
This is so clever and interesting. Congratulations! But... I want to see a photo! Or at least what it looks like in Google Earth, with a red arrow marking the furthest point. It…
crazygringo on HN
Objections
Atmospheric refraction not handled well for long lines
From 2 comments
The jump from "we can compute this" to "we computed it for the entire planet" is what makes this impressive. A lot of projects stop at the proof of concept. Running hundreds of…
BuleBule on HN"Viewsheds" of any location can be calculated and matched with photographs using "GeoImageViewer", an application I wrote a couple of years ago. Any feature in the photo can be…
hdersch on HN
Data resolution too coarse, e.g. urban results unreliable
From 2 comments
The website claims the longest line of sight in my city is 24.7km from someone's garden that is surrounded by houses. I walk past this particular spot on my way to the gym. I…
danielsamuels on HNThe resolution of the underlying data is only ~100m. So most houses, vegetation, etc, gets blurred into the same smooth surface. There are actually higher resolution data sets,…
tombh on HN
Results show only a 2D line, no photo to verify
From 2 comments
This is so clever and interesting. Congratulations! But... I want to see a photo! Or at least what it looks like in Google Earth, with a red arrow marking the furthest point. It…
crazygringo on HNMaybe including an actual picture of the sight would be helpful here?
hybrid_study on HN
Requests
Add photos or Google Earth views of the lines
From 3 comments
This is so clever and interesting. Congratulations! But... I want to see a photo! Or at least what it looks like in Google Earth, with a red arrow marking the furthest point. It…
crazygringo on HNMaybe including an actual picture of the sight would be helpful here?
hybrid_study on HNThis is my favourite kind of HN post, and I absolutely love this one. Would love to see photos from each of these views.
drcongo on HN
Show visibility in every direction, not just longest
From 1 comment
Since you have the data could you show how far you can see in every direction rather than the longest direction?
noosphr on HN
Visualise lines in 3D with exaggerated relief
From 1 comment
This is so clever and interesting. Congratulations! But... I want to see a photo! Or at least what it looks like in Google Earth, with a red arrow marking the furthest point. It…
crazygringo on HN
Questions
How is refraction handled in the calculations
From 2 comments
"Viewsheds" of any location can be calculated and matched with photographs using "GeoImageViewer", an application I wrote a couple of years ago. Any feature in the photo can be…
hdersch on HNThe jump from "we can compute this" to "we computed it for the entire planet" is what makes this impressive. A lot of projects stop at the proof of concept. Running hundreds of…
BuleBule on HN
Why the reported distance differs from other calculations
From 1 comment
Hi Tom it's Marc, I'm glad to see you finished your sightline project ! Any clue why you report the longest sightline as "530.8 km" when it seems to be actually 538.1 km? That's…
mrb on HN
Alternatives named
Line-of-sight map by incoherency
From 1 comment
Neat. I did a related project a little while ago. I wasn't interested in how far I can see from everywhere, so much as what I can see from one place in particular. So in mine you…
jstanley on HN
Udeuschle panorama tool
From 1 comment
Could it be this? https://www.udeuschle.de/panoramas/makepanoramas.htm
tombh on HN
GeoImageViewer viewshed app
From 1 comment
"Viewsheds" of any location can be calculated and matched with photographs using "GeoImageViewer", an application I wrote a couple of years ago. Any feature in the photo can be…
hdersch on HN