Show HN: Open-source high-res Mars map, in natural colors

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Post by space2026 » Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 4:26 AM UTC

Show HN: Open-source high-res Mars map, in natural colors
mars26.com

Re: Show HN: Open-source high-res Mars map, in natural colors

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Post by space2026 » Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 4:42 AM UTC

Hi HN, we are a small team of space fans who simply wanted a better Mars map.

Read about our motivation and process here https://medium.com/mars26/the-most-detailed-mars-map-yet-717....

If you do want to keep up to date, feel free to follow us on Twitter. More features are in the pipeline https://twitter.com/marstwentysix

We love PRs and love to hear your feedback on https://github.com/mars-2026/mars26_com!

— Space P at Mars26.com

Re: Show HN: Open-source high-res Mars map, in natural colors

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Post by coolspot » Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 6:02 AM UTC

Does it support driving directions and traffic overlay?

Re: Show HN: Open-source high-res Mars map, in natural colors

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Post by corysama » Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 6:10 AM UTC

This looks pretty awesome.

First thing I notice is that scrolling a tiny bit fills my browser back button history with one address per scroll tick? That rather rude.

Re: Show HN: Open-source high-res Mars map, in natural colors

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Post by systemvoltage » Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 6:16 AM UTC

Btw, it breaks the back button atleast on Firefox when navigating. I think its because of 302 redirects from the backend?

Re: Show HN: Open-source high-res Mars map, in natural colors

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Post by space2026 » Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 6:45 AM UTC

corysama wrote: post #4

This looks pretty awesome. First thing I notice is that scrolling a tiny bit fills my browser back button history with one address per scroll tick? That rather rude.

Thanks! Great feedback. We've opened an issue and will fix soon https://github.com/mars-2026/mars26_com/issues/1

Re: Show HN: Open-source high-res Mars map, in natural colors

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Post by space2026 » Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 6:47 AM UTC

systemvoltage wrote: post #5

Btw, it breaks the back button atleast on Firefox when navigating. I think its because of 302 redirects from the backend?

Appreciate the feedback! I assume you mean the issue mentioned before[1]. We've opened an issue on github and will fix soon

[1] https://github.com/mars-2026/mars26_com/issues/1

Re: Show HN: Open-source high-res Mars map, in natural colors

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Post by mywacaday » Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 6:56 AM UTC

systemvoltage wrote: post #5

Btw, it breaks the back button atleast on Firefox when navigating. I think its because of 302 redirects from the backend?

Sammie in chrome mobile

Re: Show HN: Open-source high-res Mars map, in natural colors

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Post by space2026 » Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 7:01 AM UTC

coolspot wrote: post #3

Does it support driving directions and traffic overlay?

Well, it's technically possible to serve any feature layer via the API.. I'd assume there isn't that much traffic though. Although I've heard air traffic is picking up lately, even some nuclear-powered rovers

Re: Show HN: Open-source high-res Mars map, in natural colors

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Post by skybrian » Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 7:08 AM UTC

Very neat, but there are only a few places on Mars I recognize well enough to find. It would be good to have a list of points of interest and a way to go to them.

There's also a Twitter symbol at one point on the globe; not sure why?