This is so cool. Wow. Thank you for building this!
River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch where it ends up
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Re: River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch where it ends up
#122ok but most rain ends up evaporated or as ground water..
Re: River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch where it ends up
#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
I struggled with this a lot. Originally set that ending overview at the beginning, but was worried that practically a lot of users might miss the main feature. I've heard from a lot of people that they were surprised it went into the 3D view, and I think some people might see the plot and just assume that's it.
The 3D view is cool, but it would be great if you could turn it off. After a few goes, all I wanted to do was quickly look at a bunch of different places - I ended up closing the 3D view and going back to the map view anyway.
Why not simply let users click on the map route preview window and have it expand into the full 2D route view?
The 3D route was truly a delightful experience and exceeded my expectations quite a bit so please don’t add any hurdles in front of this seamless 3D experience or it will lose the magic a lot of us are experiencing! …my 2 cents
Re: River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch where it ends up
#124Hey this is really awesome. I think I found an edge case though https://river-runner.samlearner.com/?lng=-122.10358604021484... :)
> There are no rivers flowing into or out of the lake; the evaporation is compensated for by rain and snowfall at a rate such that the total amount of water is replaced every 250 years.
Re: River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch where it ends up
#125What is web traffic like? Do you pay mapbox?
Re: River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch where it ends up
#126Wow! I dropped a raindrop in Seneca Nebraska and it travels 3300 km to the Gulf of Mexico. I believe my raindrop will never reach the ocean
What an incredible journey!
I wonder if any human has actually traveled this path?
https://river-runner.samlearner.com/?lng=-100.85192070321573...
Re: River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch where it ends up
#127This is awesome.
Re: River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch where it ends up
#128It seems like it hangs or fails when processing the Genessee River watershed path.