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Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directions

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Re: Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directions

#71
Very cool, after watching a minute it grew on me and I can see why the perspective is useful.

My immediate thought is that this is what is would be like to drive in The Spindle in Neuromancer or any similar space environment that’s spinning for artificial gravity.

Re: Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directions

#73

Is this supposed to be usable at all on Firefox Android?

I'm getting a solid frame per second in FF android. It's quite nostalgic to have a navigation system this laggy.

It runs about as well in Chrome as in Firefox for me, so I don't think this will work particularly well on any phone at the moment.

Re: Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directions

#74
Great idea and demo. My main gripe when using Google Maps in the car is lack of information about the next turns — when do I change lanes, and to which one? This could be natively addressed here, especially if the blue navigation line was a little thinner and showed which lane(s) the driver needs to take.

Re: Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directions

#76

Great idea and demo. My main gripe when using Google Maps in the car is lack of information about the next turns — when do I change lanes, and to which one? This could be natively addressed here, especially if the blue navigation line was a little thinner and showed which lane(s) the driver needs to take.

This comment confuses me a bit because Google Maps (at least in the US, in my experience) is really great about telling you what lane to be in.

Re: Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directions

#79
post #76

Great idea and demo. My main gripe when using Google Maps in the car is lack of information about the next turns — when do I change lanes, and to which one? This could be natively addressed here, especially if the blue navigation line was a little thinner and showed which lane(s) the driver needs to take.

This comment confuses me a bit because Google Maps (at least in the US, in my experience) is really great about telling you what lane to be in.

I need to know what lane I'll need to be in next so I can plan in advance.

Re: Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directions

#80
A problem of open GeoData is very much their coverage and availability in the EU. While the countries and their survey offices are required to release high value datasets in standardized form, some simply don’t. In Germany we have 16 states and every one of them has their own standard and pipelines for generating that data, and everyone releases it differently. Take LiDAR: Bavaria should be distributing it through OpenData portals and is required to by the EU, but they simply ignore that and charge 8000€ for it. Building international or even EU wide geo-projects from OpenData like https://hillsha.de is difficult because of that, you never get full coverage.

But as a tool for mapbuilders for small areas or planned tours i think this could be great

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