Reykjavik Center Map • Hacker News Board

Re: Reykjavik Center Map

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Post by JacobAldridge » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 12:06 AM UTC

bedhead wrote: post #19

Funny, I've had this bookmarked for two years since I visited Iceland in 2013...still look at it from time to time. What an incredible experience, I fell in love with everything except the food. I think Anthony Bourdain said the only place in the world where he's absolutely hated the food was Reykjavik...I can't say the man is wrong. But everything else is wonderful.

The best lobster soup (actually, best any soup) I ever had was at Saegriffin, which appears to be either just off the map (bottom left) or not marked, and I also found the incredible hot dog hut.

So our food experience was good, but agree - the experience was incredible. Without a doubt the best day of my travels anywhere in the world was our Golden Circle tour from Reykjavik - 6 friends, great tour guide, drinking chilled vodka in a hot spring while it snowed on us.

Re: Reykjavik Center Map

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Post by edpichler » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 12:55 AM UTC

znor wrote: post #18

Hey guys! I´m the cartographer that designed this map, here are a few other examples of our work if anyone´s interested: http://www.borgarmynd.com A friend let me know about the post and I just wanted to say thanks for posting and feedback, much appreciated :) I got a few of my architect and graphic designer friends to work on this map with me while we were still in school, 7 years ago, and the website with the zoom…

Congratulations, this is really a beautiful software. Do you have an idea of the total budget spent in such beautiful project?

Re: Reykjavik Center Map

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Post by viraptor » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 1:09 AM UTC

Great idea! I visited it two times only, but could definitely recognise some areas.

Re: Reykjavik Center Map

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Post by euccastro » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 1:13 AM UTC

So apparently they really did close Sirkus[1], but they didn't tear down the house and build anything in its place?

[1] :´(

Re: Reykjavik Center Map

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Post by rogerdickey » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 1:59 AM UTC

znor wrote: post #48

ademarre wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wonderful work! > We update the map every year, draw in new buildings, paint in new colors of houses etc. It would be cool to have a time slider control to see how the city has changed over time. Similar to what Google Earth does for selecting aerial photos from different dates. > I´m on the map, good luck finding me! I'll take a shot at it... I only see a handful of people depicted and they're on the little boats. A…

Well, you wouldn´t see much difference. A large area of what´s depicted has a preservation status. But great idea, I´ll check the difference in a few years :) And no, I get seasick, I´m sunbathing on a roof somewhere ;) We were all on the map, I´m noticing some got lost during last update, I´ll add them back in soon!

I think I found you. Are you the white figure?

Re: Reykjavik Center Map

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Post by znor » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 2:40 AM UTC

edpichler wrote: post #62

znor wrote: post #18

Hey guys! I´m the cartographer that designed this map, here are a few other examples of our work if anyone´s interested: http://www.borgarmynd.com A friend let me know about the post and I just wanted to say thanks for posting and feedback, much appreciated :) I got a few of my architect and graphic designer friends to work on this map with me while we were still in school, 7 years ago, and the website with the zoom…

Congratulations, this is really a beautiful software. Do you have an idea of the total budget spent in such beautiful project?

All honor of the online solution goes to my friend/genius Brian Suda: http://www.suda.co.uk, though I worked with him on the design and supplied data. 3d,drawing+painting+coding=you don´t wanna know, I tend to shock most customers with initial estimates, which is why most of the projects are self initiated, like this one.

Re: Reykjavik Center Map

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Post by yownie » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 2:45 AM UTC

znor wrote: post #18

Hey guys! I´m the cartographer that designed this map, here are a few other examples of our work if anyone´s interested: http://www.borgarmynd.com A friend let me know about the post and I just wanted to say thanks for posting and feedback, much appreciated :) I got a few of my architect and graphic designer friends to work on this map with me while we were still in school, 7 years ago, and the website with the zoom…

Hi Snorri, -J

Re: Reykjavik Center Map

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Post by PascLeRasc » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 3:11 AM UTC

znor wrote: post #58

PascLeRasc wrote: post #38

Really beautiful, but I wish you could go back easily - i.e. not having to click back through every location you visited.

hmmm....you shouldn´t have to do that. Thanks for the heads up. What kind of browser etc?

Chrome on Mac.

Re: Reykjavik Center Map

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Post by myth_buster » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 3:38 AM UTC

znor wrote: post #53

Udo_Schmitz wrote: post #49

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Wow. I'm a graphic designer myself and always wanted to try this for my neighborhood. Do you really go and look at each building and draw it? And do I have to be slightly insane to do this or will I become slightly insane doing this?

hehe, insane is a good word to describe this one. I´m not sure of the long term consequences but there were long nights, weeks, months and years spent on this one. It´s even a tad bit more than you guessed. First: Make photocopies of ground plans, sections and drawings of each side of appr.600 houses at the city planning office.(appr.3.000 a2 sheets of paper if I remember correctly) Sit down for one summer with two f…

Incredible effort! Kudos on keeping it updated. Has Google Earth helped in easing out your workflow and associated costs?

Re: Reykjavik Center Map

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Post by colanderman » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 4:28 AM UTC

znor wrote: post #18

Hey guys! I´m the cartographer that designed this map, here are a few other examples of our work if anyone´s interested: http://www.borgarmynd.com A friend let me know about the post and I just wanted to say thanks for posting and feedback, much appreciated :) I got a few of my architect and graphic designer friends to work on this map with me while we were still in school, 7 years ago, and the website with the zoom…

Thanks for this! My wife and I found it very helpful when we were in Reykjavik last year. Actually stitched the tiles together and printed it on one page on our color laser printer... didn't quite do it justice but seeing the actual buildings was super-helpful finding our way around.