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Someone want to explain? It does not look free what is it useful for? Looks like Google Maps with a timeslider.
It's OpenStreetMap-based though, as far as I can tell (there is no attribution to either, but data is loaded from MapBox which I think only provides OSM).
Someone want to explain? It does not look free what is it useful for? Looks like Google Maps with a timeslider.
If I'm not mistaken, the benefit of Planet over Google Maps is that all imagery on Planet is less than 24 hours old. So, you can see daily snapshots of different locations. The time slider is huge (albeit potentially creepy)... you can see before and afters of a disaster, check if someone's car was parked outside on a certain day, watch progress of construction, etc.
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If I'm not mistaken, the benefit of Planet over Google Maps is that all imagery on Planet is less than 24 hours old. So, you can see daily snapshots of different locations. The time slider is huge (albeit potentially creepy)... you can see before and afters of a disaster, check if someone's car was parked outside on a certain day, watch progress of construction, etc.
Sound like some version of Eye In The Sky[0], scary and unsettling. [0]: http://www.radiolab.org/story/eye-sky/
Map projection feels weird. Anyone knows which one are they using?
Looks like Web Mercator. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Mercator ) It's the same projection most online maps use, which is a bummer. Equirectangular ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equirectangular_projection ) is much easier to grok (IMHO) and is supported out of the box by D3.
Wonder how long they'll get away with using a variation on the lonely planet logo? https://www.google.com/search?q=lonely+planet&tbm=isch
It also prohibits you from linking to the site or disclosing any information about it, including the existence and contents of the ToS. Boy, I sure hope I don't get sued for posting this comment. /s
Do You have pricing info on the different plans?