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Re: Show HN: Mapipedia

#31
Great, David.

Free idea: this is a great resource. People will want access to this. Increase its "linkedness". Internal links (related maps, recommended maps, etc) make it easy for people to navigate in site (Amazon is great at this). External inbound links (SEO, embed-capability for journalists, etc) help people get on site.

Re: Show HN: Mapipedia

#32
On Safari, for the home page, I just see a blank page, and a TypeError in the console.

The other pages work, but it looks like I'm getting some sort of blown-up mobile view, even on my desktop. The text and buttons are 2 or 3 inches tall.

It's a cool concept, and launching is always the hard part, so I know it's only going to get better from here on out.

UPDATE: In Firefox, the home page is also blank. I don't see a TypeError but I'm having trouble figuring out the JS console. The other pages are normal-sized, not mobile views.

Re: Show HN: Mapipedia

#33
post #31

Great, David. Free idea: this is a great resource. People will want access to this. Increase its "linkedness". Internal links (related maps, recommended maps, etc) make it easy for people to navigate in site (Amazon is great at this). External inbound links (SEO, embed-capability for journalists, etc) help people get on site.

Thanks for the feedback. There is already the ability to embed maps into other pages. However if you didn't find it that probably says something about the design of the site. There are some internal links (each page will show the other pages by the same author that are public) but they could certainly be done better. It's a bit hard to do at this stage because there's not many pages in there. Thanks again for the feedback!

Re: Show HN: Mapipedia

#34
post #32

On Safari, for the home page, I just see a blank page, and a TypeError in the console. The other pages work, but it looks like I'm getting some sort of blown-up mobile view, even on my desktop. The text and buttons are 2 or 3 inches tall. It's a cool concept, and launching is always the hard part, so I know it's only going to get better from here on out. UPDATE: In Firefox, the home page is also blank. I don't see a…

Ok, thanks for that. I just noticed that it stopped working for me as well. The server was complaining about having too many open files. I've just restarted it so hopefully it will work for you this time! I also fixed a possible cause for the TypeError. Cheers

Re: Show HN: Mapipedia

#35
This is really neat! I do work for a non-profit that does advocacy for child maltreatment legislation, this could prove useful. Not just for us but for any group that needs to visually present timeseries data, especially given that it seems difficult for smaller non-profits to attract tech talent.

Re: Show HN: Mapipedia

#36

This is really neat! I do work for a non-profit that does advocacy for child maltreatment legislation, this could prove useful. Not just for us but for any group that needs to visually present timeseries data, especially given that it seems difficult for smaller non-profits to attract tech talent.

Thanks! I'm hoping that non-profits put their data on the site and share the link (or embed the animation into their own sites) so that they can increase awareness on important issues. There's also a paid subscription option for people who want to keep their data private which I'm hoping that companies will use if they want to keep track of sales or other sensitive data. Everyone can have a small number of private pages for free. There's a products page that goes over some of the options.

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#37

Cool! Perhaps you could also support real-time sensor data? Services as Luftdaten.info would love to have these visualizations.

Yeah, one of my future plans is to setup an API so real-time data could be entered into the site. I also want to make changes so that point data can be added in (i.e. lat/lon) so that it's easy to do real time tracking of things - e.g. whales, birds, ships, ... etc. The lat/lon changes would also allow things like earthquakes, fires, floods, world's tallest buildings over time, 7 wonders of the world ... etc to also…

Nice!

Keep in mind that some stuff (such as 7 wonders of the world) and other somewhat stationary data is better added in OpenStreetMap - but for the other cases, you're tool could be a good solution. I'm looking forward to updates to it!

Re: Show HN: Mapipedia

#38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, one of my future plans is to setup an API so real-time data could be entered into the site. I also want to make changes so that point data can be added in (i.e. lat/lon) so that it's easy to do real time tracking of things - e.g. whales, birds, ships, ... etc. The lat/lon changes would also allow things like earthquakes, fires, floods, world's tallest buildings over time, 7 wonders of the world ... etc to also…

Nice! Keep in mind that some stuff (such as 7 wonders of the world) and other somewhat stationary data is better added in OpenStreetMap - but for the other cases, you're tool could be a good solution. I'm looking forward to updates to it!

Thanks again for that feedback. Yeah, with stuff like the 7 wonders of the world I think you're right in that it's well covered in other ways. I guess I was thinking more along the lines of the ancient wonders of the world. I think events showing when they existed, and how long for, would add an extra dimension to people's understanding. For example, I don't know if they all existed at the same time or not (which of course a simple Google search would reveal), or how many years ago the first wonder was constructed, or how many years apart they were. I'll try it out at some point and see what people's reaction is to it.

Re: Show HN: Mapipedia

#39
Does anyone have any comments about performance relating to things like load times, animation speed and response to user actions? Also, feel free to contact me directly at dnphilpot (at) gmail.com if you have any other questions, comments or ideas. Cheers David

Re: Show HN: Mapipedia

#40
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

There seems to be a lot of feedback on updating the design. Perhaps I should move that up the priority list!

I would agree with that feedback. The actual visualization is one of the coolest things I've seen in a while, and it makes the UI's slightly less-than-cool design really stand out.

Thanks for that confirmation.
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