Piste.io
Consumer and social
ski resort visualisation
SHOW HN2014
164points
66comments
#141of 2,272 in 2014
Top 7%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
5 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 16 mixed, 21 critical, out of 48 comments about the project. Thread score -0.28.
Performance: 1 for, 11 againstExecution: 3 for, 7 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive technical demo
From 3 comments
This is extremely cool. Very well done. An incredible technical feat! It's a shame that so many people are having browser problems (I was too, Safari) but that is to be expected…
napoleond on HNthis is really beautiful. makes me realize how much I miss skiing and traveling. the setting changes really make this stand out. well done!
noinput on HNWorked fine for me, there were moments of stutter though but otherwise an impressive project. win64/Opera
demarq on HN
Useful for visualising pistes
From 2 comments
Great job! Apart from some performance and usability issues this is one of the better piste visualisations I have seen. To be truly awesome it could use some context. For…
molf on HNThis seems really useful, although it probably could be improved by more labels (restaurants, names of mountains etc.) That data is probably available from open street map, so it…
orbifold on HN
Objections
Slow loading and heavy resource use
From 4 comments
I want to love this but I am really struggling with the UX: - Takes a long time to load - Runs fine on my newish MBP but runs like a dog on my Linux desktop - I am having a hard…
endeavor on HNPage loaded really slowly for me (and I'm not on a slow connection!). Got bored after a few seconds and left.
revx on HNThis is beautiful, but so slow for me. Based on other comments though it must be a Linux thing. I am running Chrome on Linux with 12 cores and 32GB of RAM and the site is very,…
habosa on HNNeat idea, but the application is very resource hungry!
mpoloton on HN
Crashes or blank page in some browsers
From 4 comments
If I don't have webGL, it just shows a blank page. Would be useful to detect that and tell me to enable/upgrade - now it's just really confusing.
euphemize on HNIsn't loading for me, unfortunately. I'm seeing the gray "loading..." screen. Chrome 39.0.2171.71 m on Windows.
gk1 on HNThanks for crashing my browser! Maybe try testing out with slower machines too and not make this kind of crap javascript. Took 30 seconds out of my life. Running Firefox 34 on a…
inDigiNeous on HN* lastest chrome + air 2011 -> hangs. * i have no idea what this website does.
tuananh on HN
Camera motion causes motion sickness
From 2 comments
The controls became unresponsive a few times while I was viewing the panorama mode. I'm not complaining, as this is probably more a result of my browser than of the site. I do…
freshyill on HNLove it. Be great to see this expanded to include walks (machu pichu etc) - only because that has more relevance for me though. One question, why does the camera 'rock and roll'…
jonnyscholes on HN
Requests
Add accommodation, villages and restaurant labels
From 2 comments
Great job! Apart from some performance and usability issues this is one of the better piste visualisations I have seen. To be truly awesome it could use some context. For…
molf on HNThis seems really useful, although it probably could be improved by more labels (restaurants, names of mountains etc.) That data is probably available from open street map, so it…
orbifold on HN
Add non-resort mountains and more regions
From 3 comments
As a matter of fact, it was Safari! I do like following the terrain; it's just a bit much at a few points during the panorama. It's 90% perfect. Maybe you could split the…
freshyill on HNThis is so cool. I wish it showed resorts from the Pyrenees too.
santialbo on HNFeedBack: I loaded it up, it was slow. Had problems with noscript but that's what I get for running with JS disabled. Forwarded it to my co-worker who is really big into…
valarauca1 on HN
Offline mobile app
From 1 comment
This is great - I've wanted something like this in a while. Piste Maps are a massive distortion of reality to the extent that you sometimes aren't sure which direction you're…
rkangel on HN
Questions
Where does the name come from
From 2 comments
Where does the name come from? My brain linked it with pastebin and I assumed it was going to be a site to show off code samples.
cheshire137 on HN* lastest chrome + air 2011 -> hangs. * i have no idea what this website does.
tuananh on HN
Where does the data come from
From 1 comment
This is great - I've wanted something like this in a while. Piste Maps are a massive distortion of reality to the extent that you sometimes aren't sure which direction you're…
rkangel on HN
Alternatives named
FatMap
From 1 comment
What do you think of http://www.fatmap.com? Similar thing. I have seen a demo of this on mobile and it's pretty impressive. Also…
MrMattWright on HN
OsmAnd
From 1 comment
OsmAnd should work for you. It's just a regular 2d map (though it can do topo lines & hill shading). As long as you have a GPS signal you should be able to find where you are…
frenchy on HN