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Re: Show HN: Plot modern addresses on Earth 240M years ago

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Post by blocked_again » Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 7:08 PM UTC

rohan1024 wrote: post #4

So the land that I stand on today, India, was once part of Africa and America's landmass. Crazy!

Yeah. Madagascar was closer to Kerala than Delhi. Blew my mind!

Re: Show HN: Plot modern addresses on Earth 240M years ago

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Post by Somasis » Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 7:09 PM UTC

I felt so silly trying to zoom in and see satellite images of my house as it was 240M years ago.

Re: Show HN: Plot modern addresses on Earth 240M years ago

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Post by pvg » Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 7:13 PM UTC

typpo wrote: post #2

Hi HN, I built this by adapting GPlates ( https://www.gplates.org ), an academic project providing desktop software for geologists to investigate plate tectonic data. I'm amazed that geologists collected enough data to actually plot my home 750M years ago, so I thought you all would enjoy it too. Even though plate tectonic models return precise results, you should consider the plots approximate (obviously we will nev…

Is... is the rest of the site with the dinosaurs your work as well?

Re: Show HN: Plot modern addresses on Earth 240M years ago

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Post by typpo » Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 7:19 PM UTC

everdev wrote: post #7

typpo wrote: post #2

Hi HN, I built this by adapting GPlates ( https://www.gplates.org ), an academic project providing desktop software for geologists to investigate plate tectonic data. I'm amazed that geologists collected enough data to actually plot my home 750M years ago, so I thought you all would enjoy it too. Even though plate tectonic models return precise results, you should consider the plots approximate (obviously we will nev…

Love the map and amazed to see how similar the world looks now to when the dinosaurs went extinct. The title implies I can type in my address, but on mobile I can't find anywhere to do that.

Thanks - it was hidden by media query because I couldn't fit it. Just made a change to show the address input on mobile and hide other various controls.

Re: Show HN: Plot modern addresses on Earth 240M years ago

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Post by benatkin » Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 7:27 PM UTC

The difference between 260M and 240M in the Western US is really big. My hometown, Flagstaff, Arizona, goes from being near the ocean to being hundreds of miles away from the ocean, like it is now.

Re: Show HN: Plot modern addresses on Earth 240M years ago

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Post by Aardwolf » Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 7:45 PM UTC

Fascinating! I tried to see how the Alps form but it's quite a complex process

Re: Show HN: Plot modern addresses on Earth 240M years ago

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Post by Paperweight » Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 7:47 PM UTC

Some explanation of what's going on in NA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurentia

Re: Show HN: Plot modern addresses on Earth 240M years ago

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Post by kowdermeister » Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 7:50 PM UTC

It's really great to play with the million years selector and the up/down arrow.

Re: Show HN: Plot modern addresses on Earth 240M years ago

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Post by linker3000 » Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 8:11 PM UTC

Very hard to steer on a cell phone (Android, Brave browser) - pinch zoom kept flying me into the Cosmos.

Like the idea though - will try later from desktop.

Re: Show HN: Plot modern addresses on Earth 240M years ago

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Post by y4mi » Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 8:16 PM UTC

linker3000 wrote: post #19

Very hard to steer on a cell phone (Android, Brave browser) - pinch zoom kept flying me into the Cosmos. Like the idea though - will try later from desktop.

Xiaomi redmi 5 plus with brave browser as well works fine though..