Interesting, but clearly ancient (refers to a Google Earth plugin, for instance).
Are there more modern equivalents? I'd love to have an Android app which told me what the things were I was looking at.
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#12You hike to the top of a mountain or pull off at a scenic overlook. You see mountains in the distance. Which mountains are they? HeyWhatsThat will tell you, providing a 360° panoramic sketch labeled with the names of the peaks you're looking at. From almost anywhere in the world.
How do I select the lookout point? There's only a drop down with a few points, which isn't close to "anywhere in the world", so I'm sure I'm missing something.
Click on "New Panorama"
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#13Tangentially, are there any good map websites out there that show me the elevation at a point I click on?
I've found a lot of providers lacking in this department, even if they clearly have height data for showing contours/3d views.
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#14Interesting, but clearly ancient (refers to a Google Earth plugin, for instance). Are there more modern equivalents? I'd love to have an Android app which told me what the things were I was looking at.
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#15Tangentially, are there any good map websites out there that show me the elevation at a point I click on? I've found a lot of providers lacking in this department, even if they clearly have height data for showing contours/3d views.
well, not a website, but https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM/Plugins/Elevation seems to do it
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open-Elevation also seems easy to integrate
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#16The (pun ahead) peak of this method imho is implemented in "PeakFinder", afaik uses a low res nation wide (switzerland) height map, after initial gps fix it downloads local high res height map, calculates peak contours based of current location AND height and overlays that grid including the peak names onto the camera feed using the gyro and compass. It's quite easy to build accurate geo-related applications in Switz…
PeakFinder is indeed an excellent app, worth every cent.
It's also available as a website! https://www.peakfinder.com/
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#17I've used the site for years.. I've always ignored the dropdown with a million entries, it's terrible UX.
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#18> At HeyWhatsThat -- Russia? we tell you where in Alaska you can see Russia.
Man. Remember when saying something like that was enough to disqualify you from the presidency?
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#19This (as previously posted) is one of my few Favorite posts on HN. Half because of how awesome it is, and half because I can never remember what it’s called.
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#20Neat and utilitarian tool that I've used for a while.
I'm always disappointed that it's not open-source though. It would be really cool to be able to run the "viewshed" / etc. calculations locally, instead of having to wait for their server.