Why are places marked which have zero strokes? Why is the heatmap activating for places without strokes? Is something going wrong?
replyIt's not very obvious which places are available for drawing. At first I thought it pulls Google street view, so I just zoomed in to some place I visited recently, but there was nothing.
replySo it turned out the spots on the map are actually the available panoramas, and not just a heatmap of the signatures.
Cool idea overall!
Cool idea, but of course the very first image I clicked into was a dick.
replyI recently learned that in Bhutan, they are sacred smybols since a long time
replyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallus_paintings_in_Bhutan
Since I know that, I am rather amused every time I see a dick painted anywhere.
First thing I saw was a Swastika. It was painted on an ex Nazi building, but still...
replyA swastika or a Hakenkreuz?
replyHaha yeah, can't have nice things I guess. I'm currently working on automated moderation to catch that stuff faster. In the meantime, Report button exists if you stumble into anything awful.
replyNice but come on paying 3.99 for more ink. You HP?
replyIt is my belief that a time may come when we can all ‘write’ on, or link information to, any person, place, or thing, based on a melange of semantic anchors, and in that world there will be fewer secrets and more experts.
replyI used this one called "Gooey" in 1999 that let you have a realtime chat with people on the same page as you: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/maker-of-goo...
replyA long, long time ago ... there was a browser extension or maybe an iframe, that allowed you to "comment" on public websites. Of course you weren't really commenting on the actual website, just some form of overlay. Anyway, it quickly devolved into lawsuits and rude comments if I recall correctly.
replyThere have been several efforts. At one point the W3C were working on a standard protocol for it: https://www.w3.org/annotation/
replyDo you remember any details about the name of the software, or the cause of the lawsuits?
replyI had a similar idea, funny to hear it's been done and ended so badly.
I don't recall any lawsuits, but whytheluckystiff made one 20 years ago. https://ruby-talk.ruby-lang.narkive.com/buiXXTZh/what-is-hoo...
replyDon't know if it matches with the lawsuits, but could've been Third Voice (1999-2001).
replyI believe it was https://web.hypothes.is/
replyGood fun thanks! Found a cute cat in Buenos Aires. It seems you have quite a lot of activity already, is that all from HN in the last two hours or from something else before this?
replyMostly from HN in the last 2 hours, yeah. Had some early users before but nothing like this spike. Glad you found the cat drawing!
replyI love it until fine I'll signup and love it again but then no you pay now. My 2 cents is all I have to give.
replyI hear you on the friction. I’m experimenting with the 'ink' limits right now, also the ink actually regenerates. I think I need to make it more obvious in the UI
replyI was definitely finding it fun, responsive etc. Started to do a Simpsons-esque tag in Boston but ran out of credit. Hope to see more leeway keep up the good work
replyHow are the panoramas chosen? That is, can I select one that isn't currently on the map?
replyAbout 2,000 locations so far. Mapillary has a lot of imagery but finding the 360 panoramas is trickier since they are a lot rarer. I'm actively expanding coverage
replygood work!
this is like Wplace but in 3D
replyThanks! That was the main inspiration.
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