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Re: Show HN: A game that tests how well you know your local area

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Post by adamlynch » Tue, Mar 22, 2022, 8:54 AM UTC

adamlynch wrote: post #168

adenadel wrote: post #159

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Another thing is that it seems you are sampling with replacement. I placed a circle in a rural area (where I grew up) and in one round I got the same street for 3/5 of the selections (and there were 10+ streets within the radius).

Thanks, will look into it!

This is now fixed! (Thanks to a contribution by johrpan)

Re: Show HN: A game that tests how well you know your local area

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Post by AlecSchueler » Tue, Mar 22, 2022, 10:27 PM UTC

adamlynch wrote: post #92

AlecSchueler wrote: post #86

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Still no map for me.

OK it should be more back now. I migrated from Cloudflare functions to a Cloudflare worker. Make sure to clear your cache / hard reload though

Thanks, it works for me now! I wonder if you could scale the scores to allow for changing the area size?

Re: Show HN: A game that tests how well you know your local area

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Post by fennecfoxy » Wed, Mar 23, 2022, 2:50 PM UTC

This was funny to play in London. I'm not even central and the circle still covers like 4 boroughs!

Granted, I'm also directionally deficit.

Re: Show HN: A game that tests how well you know your local area

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Post by wwwpatdelcom » Wed, Mar 23, 2022, 3:59 PM UTC

I got an error:

> Cannot parse Overpass API response https://backofyourhand.com/build/bundle.js:6:1039277 asyncFunctionResume@[native code] [native code] promiseReactionJobWithoutPromise@[native code] promiseReactionJob@[native code]

Re: Show HN: A game that tests how well you know your local area

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Post by anandsoft » Wed, Mar 23, 2022, 5:55 PM UTC

good, nice to play with! For India, it would be a bit difficult to play as the roads are some times numbered and some times given a name. Dont see any hint buttun!

Re: Show HN: A game that tests how well you know your local area

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Post by adamlynch » Fri, Mar 25, 2022, 12:39 PM UTC

anandsoft wrote: post #255

good, nice to play with! For India, it would be a bit difficult to play as the roads are some times numbered and some times given a name. Dont see any hint buttun!

I've considered adding hints. Do you have ideas? Mine:

1. Give names of intersecting streets. 2. Reduce the circle by half (just for this street). 3. Show a photo. 4. Allow you to drop a pin and tell you the distance (but not the direction). Then you can confirm the pin or move it one more time.

Re: Show HN: A game that tests how well you know your local area

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Post by adamlynch » Sun, Mar 27, 2022, 1:57 PM UTC

adamlynch wrote: post #100

myself248 wrote: post #94

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Yeah, I figured out it was a park trail, clicked in the middle of the only park in the area with substantial trails, and actually scored very well on it. But the zoo exhibit...

I will be reviewing that definitely. Thank you

Fixed!

Re: Show HN: A game that tests how well you know your local area

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Post by adamlynch » Sun, Mar 27, 2022, 1:58 PM UTC

adamlynch wrote: post #116

SECProto wrote: post #113

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> Can you give me the coordinates you played in? I will review the "objects". Here's the osm for the pedway object, labelled a footpath. https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11909462 Here's one of the trails: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/511807176

Thanks! ( https://github.com/adam-lynch/back-of-your-hand/issues/18 )

Fixed!

Re: Show HN: A game that tests how well you know your local area

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Post by JGM_io » Tue, Mar 29, 2022, 8:07 PM UTC

But why not use shops, parks, etc as they are what you want to really want to get to know.

Then have the game get you to name the streets to get there or something.

Shops would pay to be listed?

Re: Show HN: A game that tests how well you know your local area

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Post by Breza » Wed, Mar 30, 2022, 3:32 PM UTC

adamlynch wrote: post #2

Hi HN, I made Back Of Your Hand, a map-based game where you're given random street names and you have to locate them on the map. You can play solo or compete with friends on other devices. I made it for my dad as a Christmas present. It also gave me an opportunity to learn about geocoding, etc. Tech: serverless, Leaflet, Turf, Svelte, TypeScript, Cloudflare pages. I tried to use as many open / free tools as I could.…

This is really cool! Could be a great training tool for first responders sitting around the firehouse waiting for a call. FFs/EMTs enjoy any chance to earn bragging rights over each other.