using Google Pixel 7a with Chrome Android.
while the 3d buildings render properly, the trains' polygons have a flipped z-order: polygons that are supposed to be layered behind are actually in front.
nevertheless, great website!
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#42using Google Pixel 7a with Chrome Android. while the 3d buildings render properly, the trains' polygons have a flipped z-order: polygons that are supposed to be layered behind are actually in front. nevertheless, great website!
tysm for the report ill have a look, tried some things to optimise for mobile, I'll check it more
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#43This is scary. I literally just had a dream last night wishing I could see the metro trains from above the ground in order to follow where the tunnels are under the buildings and all that. Wow.
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#44This is scary. I literally just had a dream last night wishing I could see the metro trains from above the ground in order to follow where the tunnels are under the buildings and all that. Wow.
Accuracy may vary, but it's great to see dreams come true!
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#45Like on most other digital maps today, what's direly missing is a scale bar.. cool feat though, thanks for showing!
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#46Congratulations, it seems very cool.
It's not the same, but I've tried to create a free browser-based app to track bus lines where I live (Brazil), but I had to pause this project, as each city uses a different way to track their public transportation, and it would be hard to gather all the info in a way to be usable in the whole country.
It's nice to see something similar implemented to track the transportation in another country.
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#47This is a fun idea and interesting implementation. I know there's only so much an api can give you, but I'd love to see anything that gives more information or visuals of the surroundings.
thanks! you mean more 3d buildings? I'd love to explore that or more labels on things along the way?
I'd assume there's better options, but I've worked a lot with cesium. Even it has some interesting visualizations, textures, even weather you can add with it. Anything that could make it feel more immersive would just be cool in my opinion. That just sounds like fun to me.
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#48the tracks arent grounded to the map, they slide all over, and would it cool if we could use satellite view
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#49The rendering is a bit weird. It's disorienting to have the trains simultaneously underneath the map and occluding it. It also seems like the z-buffer is not being used correctly when rendering the train cars.
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#50The rendering is a bit weird. It's disorienting to have the trains simultaneously underneath the map and occluding it. It also seems like the z-buffer is not being used correctly when rendering the train cars.
yeah the trains are meant to feel "underground" maybe the effect needs improving