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Show HN: New 3D Mapping website - Create heli orbits and "playable" map tours.

30 points by dobodob 8mo ago

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robertheadley 8mo ago
I like this.
- dobodob 8mo ago
  Thanks. Please share. :)
mperham 8mo ago
Proud of my brother who built this!
- dobodob 8mo ago
  Aw, shucks!
cyode 8mo ago
UI feedback: on mobile (I’m on iOS safari), when I search tours with the 3 inputs on the home page, it’s not obvious there are results since they appear off screen further down the page. For a bit I thought search was totally broken.
- dobodob 8mo ago
  I noticed that too. I'll get on it!
moomoo11 8mo ago
How does it work? I’m not able to load anything on mobile.
- dobodob 8mo ago
  Hmm, what URL are you visiting? Try https://www.easy3dmaps.com/quick360 https://www.easy3dmaps.com/quick360
Lorin 8mo ago
Consider a slower default rotation speed, esp. on your front page backdrop as you must be considerate of users with movement based nausea. Further consider generating a looping video for the backdrop on the hope page since it's a non-interactive element and could be optimized.
- dobodob 8mo ago
  The rotation speed can be customized by the user. I'll slow down the home page...
mips_avatar 8mo ago
I'm kind of surprised the economics of this work out, like a google map load costs 0.7 cents and I doubt he's getting that much in ad revenue. Or is the iframe free since he's not customizing it?
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- dobodob 8mo ago
  The things we do for love...
  - mips_avatar 8mo ago
    Just seems like weird to insufficiently monetize a project
pedalpete 8mo ago
As the founder of https://ayvri.com https://ayvri.com, I thought/hoped you were taking over where we left off. You're maybe on the path, but I'd recommend smoothing out the camera movement when going from point to point, and rather than go direct from point to point, you can calculate smooth arcs between almost any point. This may be difficult in the Google Maps API, we built our own renderer, camera, etc. I'm VERY surprised that the Google Maps API is priced in such a way that you can actually afford this if it got any amount of scale. Happy to answer any questions if I can help.
- dobodob 8mo ago
  It's all vibe coded, so getting the AI to understand the camera movement and start/stop angles is challenging. Initially I planned for a subscription model with 1-3 free maps/tours, then paid for more tours and/or higher volume. Google gives a pretty generous free tier for small projects. I'm just trying to get users and awareness.

30 points by dobodob 8mo ago

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robertheadley 8mo ago

I like this.

dobodob 8mo ago
Thanks. Please share. :)

mperham 8mo ago

Proud of my brother who built this!

dobodob 8mo ago
Aw, shucks!

cyode 8mo ago

UI feedback: on mobile (I’m on iOS safari), when I search tours with the 3 inputs on the home page, it’s not obvious there are results since they appear off screen further down the page. For a bit I thought search was totally broken.

dobodob 8mo ago
I noticed that too. I'll get on it!

moomoo11 8mo ago

How does it work? I’m not able to load anything on mobile.

dobodob 8mo ago
Hmm, what URL are you visiting? Try https://www.easy3dmaps.com/quick360 https://www.easy3dmaps.com/quick360

Lorin 8mo ago

Consider a slower default rotation speed, esp. on your front page backdrop as you must be considerate of users with movement based nausea. Further consider generating a looping video for the backdrop on the hope page since it's a non-interactive element and could be optimized.

dobodob 8mo ago
The rotation speed can be customized by the user. I'll slow down the home page...

mips_avatar 8mo ago

I'm kind of surprised the economics of this work out, like a google map load costs 0.7 cents and I doubt he's getting that much in ad revenue. Or is the iframe free since he's not customizing it?

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dobodob 8mo ago
The things we do for love...
- mips_avatar 8mo ago
  Just seems like weird to insufficiently monetize a project

pedalpete 8mo ago

As the founder of https://ayvri.com https://ayvri.com, I thought/hoped you were taking over where we left off. You're maybe on the path, but I'd recommend smoothing out the camera movement when going from point to point, and rather than go direct from point to point, you can calculate smooth arcs between almost any point. This may be difficult in the Google Maps API, we built our own renderer, camera, etc. I'm VERY surprised that the Google Maps API is priced in such a way that you can actually afford this if it got any amount of scale. Happy to answer any questions if I can help.

dobodob 8mo ago
It's all vibe coded, so getting the AI to understand the camera movement and start/stop angles is challenging. Initially I planned for a subscription model with 1-3 free maps/tours, then paid for more tours and/or higher volume. Google gives a pretty generous free tier for small projects. I'm just trying to get users and awareness.