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32 points by ptk921 14y ago

ptk921 14y ago
Built on the road from Seattle to SXSW. Rails, heroku, backbone, bootstrap. Location data from Google Latitude. TODO: incorporate some lightweight analytics so we can work on new Trailer Swift records.
ISL 14y ago
Upvoted for the name alone. Good luck!
pstinnett 14y ago
Neat - I built something similar that uses the Songkick API and LeafletJS. Not quite as polished as yours though! http://bandroute.cc/ http://bandroute.cc/
romainberger 14y ago
Nice, but there are js errors (tested Chrome Canary) when clicking on the links in the bottom left corner
afarrell 14y ago
Your pin for Northampton is mislocated. Northampton is on the Connecticut River in western MA, not north of Boston. Here: https://maps.google.com/maps?42.31912,-72.63175 https://maps.google.com/maps?42.31912,-72.63175
- thisone 14y ago
  looks like someone got the town name wrong. The pin is located at North Hampton (which is the town name they list), though the venue is indeed in Northampton.
theory11 14y ago
Very cool. Several months ago, there was an AMAZING tour tracking site posted here that showed the tour journey of a specific band I'm forgetting. Does anyone remember what that was?
themstheones 14y ago
Why did you go through Houston instead of DFW? The latter is way cooler.
tunesmith 14y ago
I just listened to Looking Back (http://heymarseilles.com/media/ http://heymarseilles.com/media/) - Just curious - does anyone know if there's actually a name for that kind of vocal styling and where/when it came from? I don't think I ever hear people talking like that - it seems to be a specific affectation only for singing. I think the first time I heard it was Michael Stipe in REM? But it's spread since then - the Decemberists, Alanis Morissette, and a bunch of indies since then. It's like a specific sort of dipthong. Has anyone written about it?
geuis 14y ago
Need to include some information about what this is for. I just see the map with check marks and a truck pulling a wagon.
seefoma 14y ago
Cool. I do find myself wishing the map didn't scroll with the info on the left though.
- ptk921 14y ago
  I agree. Thx.
dewey 14y ago
As someone already pointed out, the links "Get the record", "Facebook",... are broken: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot call method 'get' of undefined application-8130dec2a6ff8caaab43fef0b7232c61.js
- ptk921 14y ago
  Thx. last minute changes...

32 points by ptk921 14y ago

Built on the road from Seattle to SXSW. Rails, heroku, backbone, bootstrap. Location data from Google Latitude. TODO: incorporate some lightweight analytics so we can work on new Trailer Swift records.

ISL 14y ago

Upvoted for the name alone. Good luck!

pstinnett 14y ago

Neat - I built something similar that uses the Songkick API and LeafletJS. Not quite as polished as yours though! http://bandroute.cc/ http://bandroute.cc/

romainberger 14y ago

Nice, but there are js errors (tested Chrome Canary) when clicking on the links in the bottom left corner

afarrell 14y ago

Your pin for Northampton is mislocated. Northampton is on the Connecticut River in western MA, not north of Boston. Here: https://maps.google.com/maps?42.31912,-72.63175 https://maps.google.com/maps?42.31912,-72.63175

thisone 14y ago
looks like someone got the town name wrong. The pin is located at North Hampton (which is the town name they list), though the venue is indeed in Northampton.

theory11 14y ago

Very cool. Several months ago, there was an AMAZING tour tracking site posted here that showed the tour journey of a specific band I'm forgetting. Does anyone remember what that was?

themstheones 14y ago

Why did you go through Houston instead of DFW? The latter is way cooler.

tunesmith 14y ago

I just listened to Looking Back (http://heymarseilles.com/media/ http://heymarseilles.com/media/) - Just curious - does anyone know if there's actually a name for that kind of vocal styling and where/when it came from? I don't think I ever hear people talking like that - it seems to be a specific affectation only for singing. I think the first time I heard it was Michael Stipe in REM? But it's spread since then - the Decemberists, Alanis Morissette, and a bunch of indies since then. It's like a specific sort of dipthong. Has anyone written about it?

geuis 14y ago

Need to include some information about what this is for. I just see the map with check marks and a truck pulling a wagon.

seefoma 14y ago

Cool. I do find myself wishing the map didn't scroll with the info on the left though.

ptk921 14y ago
I agree. Thx.

dewey 14y ago

As someone already pointed out, the links "Get the record", "Facebook",... are broken: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot call method 'get' of undefined application-8130dec2a6ff8caaab43fef0b7232c61.js

ptk921 14y ago
Thx. last minute changes...