Spacetime maps: A map that warps to show travel time
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Spacetime maps: A map that warps to show travel time
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Re: Spacetime maps: A map that warps to show travel time
#2Author’s video about building this map is pretty interesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC2VQ-oyDG0
Re: Spacetime maps: A map that warps to show travel time
#3Previous discussion on HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39808215
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#4TBH kind of disappointed by how little it distorts, especially for cities with stereotypically difficult travel times by car like LA. almost loos like random distortions as opposed to something to pattern match. Really the only thing noticeable is bodies of water distort the map the most (which explains why LA doesn't get that distorted).
Would be kind of nice for when i click the point that all the points distort based on that point instead of globally trying to position each point relative to every other point.
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#6NYC seems like bad default example. I had to check other cities to "get" what's this site about. With NYC - everywhere is similarly far.
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#8I really appreciate this and hope to see more time infused maps. As we get ready for the arrival of lunar time, these tools move the needle in the right direction.
Re: Spacetime maps: A map that warps to show travel time
#9TBH kind of disappointed by how little it distorts, especially for cities with stereotypically difficult travel times by car like LA. almost loos like random distortions as opposed to something to pattern match. Really the only thing noticeable is bodies of water distort the map the most (which explains why LA doesn't get that distorted). Would be kind of nice for when i click the point that all the points distort ba…
And the fact that the distortion is preset and not based on where you click. This is one of those things using heat maps where the clustering is clearly large population centers. Not really as helpful/useful as people think they are
Re: Spacetime maps: A map that warps to show travel time
#10TBH kind of disappointed by how little it distorts, especially for cities with stereotypically difficult travel times by car like LA. almost loos like random distortions as opposed to something to pattern match. Really the only thing noticeable is bodies of water distort the map the most (which explains why LA doesn't get that distorted). Would be kind of nice for when i click the point that all the points distort ba…
And the fact that the distortion is preset and not based on where you click. This is one of those things using heat maps where the clustering is clearly large population centers. Not really as helpful/useful as people think they are
Why would where you click matter? Two points are always the same time apart from each other regardless of reference to any third point.