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Windy was coded by billionaire founder and owner of Seznam, which is czech search engine (and media company), one of only three other search engines in the worl

by dejv 9y ago

Windy was coded by billionaire founder and owner of Seznam, which is czech search engine (and media company), one of only three other search engines in the world that still beats Google in local market.

intruder 9y ago
The other two being Yahoo Japan and baidu?
- raquo 9y ago
  Also Yandex (Russia)
tasuki 9y ago
Has he actually coded it himself? Do you have more information? Seznam is a remarkable company. Their maps (http://mapy.cz http://mapy.cz) are second to none, my favourite feature are touristic maps which work at least within Europe.
- paulgerhardt 9y ago
  Yeah, it was a side project he made for himself as he is a pilot and windsurfer. [1] Though for windsurfing I find windguru.cz is more useful (also Czech(!)) and for flying its hard to beat ForeFlight. It should also be clarified that Seznam is one of the few companies to beat Google in searches with the Latin alphabet. Local search engines are still beating Google in Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Cyrillic alphabets. [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesinternational/2017/02/06/can-a-czech-millionaire-sell-wind-and-snow/2/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesinternational/2017/02/06/...
- tricoder42 9y ago
  As far what I know (I read an article about him and this project in Forbes Czech), he works on this project personally with only a few other developers. Originally he made it for himself because as a hobby pilot he needs an accurate weather forecast.
- Semaphor 9y ago
  Wow. Mapy.cz is amazing. Just checked my German town. Not only more information than Google, it's way faster. Everything feels instant.
  - laurent123456 9y ago
    It seems to be based on OpenStreetMap (I recognise some changes I made), which is indeed a lot more detailed than Google Maps in some areas.
    - breakingcups 9y ago
      It is, see the copyright in the bottom-left corner.
    - Semaphor 9y ago
      Yeah, OMS is consistently better than Google in Germany (or at least where I looked), but this site still feels better.
  - deleted 9y ago
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  - smcl 9y ago
    In addition they did a pretty good scan (somehow) of the center of Brno to produce a remarkably nice 3D model of the city you could scroll around in, Google seems to also have this now. Here's roughly the same area from both services: https://mapy.cz/zakladni?x=16.6075148&y=49.1942864&z=19&m3d=1&height=180&yaw=0.002&pitch=-35.798 https://mapy.cz/zakladni?x=16.6075148&y=49.1942864&z=19&m3d=... https://www.google.cz/maps/@49.1926496,16.6076641,133a,35y,2.58h,51.77t/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en https://www.google.cz/maps/@49.1926496,16.6076641,133a,35y,2...
- cambecc 9y ago
  This site was originally based on https://github.com/cambecc/earth https://github.com/cambecc/earth, the open source version of https://earth.nullschool.net https://earth.nullschool.net
codewithcheese 9y ago
Why only 3? I can list: Baidu, Naver, Yandex, Yahoo Japan, Seznam
- dejv 9y ago
  Well, it seems there more, I dont remember by which measure it was three. I had Seznam, Baidu and Yandex in mind.
alanh 9y ago
In case others are wondering: Speed is shown in kt which means "knot," equal to one nautical mile per hour, approximately 1.151 mph.

by dejv 9y ago

intruder 9y ago

The other two being Yahoo Japan and baidu?

raquo 9y ago
Also Yandex (Russia)

tasuki 9y ago

Has he actually coded it himself? Do you have more information? Seznam is a remarkable company. Their maps (http://mapy.cz http://mapy.cz) are second to none, my favourite feature are touristic maps which work at least within Europe.

paulgerhardt 9y ago
Yeah, it was a side project he made for himself as he is a pilot and windsurfer. [1] Though for windsurfing I find windguru.cz is more useful (also Czech(!)) and for flying its hard to beat ForeFlight. It should also be clarified that Seznam is one of the few companies to beat Google in searches with the Latin alphabet. Local search engines are still beating Google in Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Cyrillic alphabets. [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesinternational/2017/02/06/can-a-czech-millionaire-sell-wind-and-snow/2/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesinternational/2017/02/06/...
tricoder42 9y ago
As far what I know (I read an article about him and this project in Forbes Czech), he works on this project personally with only a few other developers. Originally he made it for himself because as a hobby pilot he needs an accurate weather forecast.
Semaphor 9y ago
Wow. Mapy.cz is amazing. Just checked my German town. Not only more information than Google, it's way faster. Everything feels instant.
- laurent123456 9y ago
  It seems to be based on OpenStreetMap (I recognise some changes I made), which is indeed a lot more detailed than Google Maps in some areas.
  - breakingcups 9y ago
    It is, see the copyright in the bottom-left corner.
  - Semaphor 9y ago
    Yeah, OMS is consistently better than Google in Germany (or at least where I looked), but this site still feels better.
- deleted 9y ago
  [deleted]
- smcl 9y ago
  In addition they did a pretty good scan (somehow) of the center of Brno to produce a remarkably nice 3D model of the city you could scroll around in, Google seems to also have this now. Here's roughly the same area from both services: https://mapy.cz/zakladni?x=16.6075148&y=49.1942864&z=19&m3d=1&height=180&yaw=0.002&pitch=-35.798 https://mapy.cz/zakladni?x=16.6075148&y=49.1942864&z=19&m3d=... https://www.google.cz/maps/@49.1926496,16.6076641,133a,35y,2.58h,51.77t/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en https://www.google.cz/maps/@49.1926496,16.6076641,133a,35y,2...
cambecc 9y ago
This site was originally based on https://github.com/cambecc/earth https://github.com/cambecc/earth, the open source version of https://earth.nullschool.net https://earth.nullschool.net

codewithcheese 9y ago

Why only 3? I can list: Baidu, Naver, Yandex, Yahoo Japan, Seznam

dejv 9y ago
Well, it seems there more, I dont remember by which measure it was three. I had Seznam, Baidu and Yandex in mind.

alanh 9y ago

In case others are wondering: Speed is shown in kt which means "knot," equal to one nautical mile per hour, approximately 1.151 mph.