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Dear HN: Totally new map UI for TrailBehind - Please Break It

10 points by andrewljohnson 18y ago

gsmaverick 18y ago
Very clean & polished. I love it!
Sutto 18y ago
I don't know if it's on purpose, but moving around seems to always jump back to the original location (http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/25089/moving-fail.mov http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/25089/moving-fail.mov). And, before I could record it, I somehow got into an infinite loop jumping between two spots (fixed by clicking on the map again). edit: other than that, very nice. Also, video of moving back and forth: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/25089/trailbehind-maps.mov http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/25089/trailbehind-maps.mov
- andrewljohnson 18y ago
  Hey, thanks very much for this bug report. Can you please tell me what browser you are using?
  - Sutto 18y ago
    Safari 4 Beta
jcdreads 18y ago
Very nice; but upon zooming into the leaf in MA, zooming once more and then panning around caused it to get very jerky, as though constantly reloading. Browser history rapidly filled with trailbehind pages. Possibly the same problem Sutto saw above. Safari 4 Beta on OS X 10.5.6.
- andrewljohnson 18y ago
  Ok, thanks for the heads up. I was able to reproduce this bug in Safari 3.0.2, and I'll fix it. I think the root of the problem is ReallySimpleHistory. I'm using RSH for hash links, and I think the library is busted in Safari 3.x and past :(
whatusername 18y ago
not bad.. So some of the GPS markers seem to be off: http://www.trailbehind.com/#get_quad/146.34166717529297/-39.06184913429153/14 http://www.trailbehind.com/#get_quad/146.34166717529297/-39.... The Mt Oberon is in the middle of the swamp (it should be on the peak with the track running up to it at the top of the screen) - and the Growlers Creek point is in the bay. Also - The login/register popup looked broken (FF3 on Ubuntu) How do I create my own waypoints? Or do I need GPS data to do that?
- andrewljohnson 18y ago
  Ok, thanks for the notes. I'll check out that waypoint. To answer your questions and bugs: 1. The login box appears to be broken on Linux only, but I'll try and fix it there too :) 2. You need a GPS device to upload waypoints. We are considering letting you click waypoints onto the map, but we are hesitant to do so. Also, we're coming out with an iPhone app this month, so that will be another way to tag a place.
  - whatusername 18y ago
    Thanks for the response.. I'll take out my wifes 6110 some time soon and give it a go. Can you link to a park that would show up the site in full detail?
- smokey_the_bear 18y ago
  Thanks for the tip on Mount Oberon. We should provide some way to tweak the geodata. The summits in the US seem to generally be right on peak, but they look a little more off in AU. We got our waypoint data from geonames.org - and it seems to be off there too - http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_-39.067_146.35.html http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_-39.067_146.35.html
sahaj 18y ago
not sure if this is a limitation of google maps API, but zooming in/out with the scroll wheel would be nice.
- andrewljohnson 18y ago
  That's just one line of code, which I had enabled, but I turned off because it confused people in testing.

Very clean & polished. I love it!

Sutto 18y ago

I don't know if it's on purpose, but moving around seems to always jump back to the original location (http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/25089/moving-fail.mov http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/25089/moving-fail.mov). And, before I could record it, I somehow got into an infinite loop jumping between two spots (fixed by clicking on the map again). edit: other than that, very nice. Also, video of moving back and forth: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/25089/trailbehind-maps.mov http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/25089/trailbehind-maps.mov

andrewljohnson 18y ago
Hey, thanks very much for this bug report. Can you please tell me what browser you are using?
- Sutto 18y ago
  Safari 4 Beta

jcdreads 18y ago

Very nice; but upon zooming into the leaf in MA, zooming once more and then panning around caused it to get very jerky, as though constantly reloading. Browser history rapidly filled with trailbehind pages. Possibly the same problem Sutto saw above. Safari 4 Beta on OS X 10.5.6.

andrewljohnson 18y ago
Ok, thanks for the heads up. I was able to reproduce this bug in Safari 3.0.2, and I'll fix it. I think the root of the problem is ReallySimpleHistory. I'm using RSH for hash links, and I think the library is busted in Safari 3.x and past :(

whatusername 18y ago

not bad.. So some of the GPS markers seem to be off: http://www.trailbehind.com/#get_quad/146.34166717529297/-39.06184913429153/14 http://www.trailbehind.com/#get_quad/146.34166717529297/-39.... The Mt Oberon is in the middle of the swamp (it should be on the peak with the track running up to it at the top of the screen) - and the Growlers Creek point is in the bay. Also - The login/register popup looked broken (FF3 on Ubuntu) How do I create my own waypoints? Or do I need GPS data to do that?

andrewljohnson 18y ago
Ok, thanks for the notes. I'll check out that waypoint. To answer your questions and bugs: 1. The login box appears to be broken on Linux only, but I'll try and fix it there too :) 2. You need a GPS device to upload waypoints. We are considering letting you click waypoints onto the map, but we are hesitant to do so. Also, we're coming out with an iPhone app this month, so that will be another way to tag a place.
- whatusername 18y ago
  Thanks for the response.. I'll take out my wifes 6110 some time soon and give it a go. Can you link to a park that would show up the site in full detail?
smokey_the_bear 18y ago
Thanks for the tip on Mount Oberon. We should provide some way to tweak the geodata. The summits in the US seem to generally be right on peak, but they look a little more off in AU. We got our waypoint data from geonames.org - and it seems to be off there too - http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_-39.067_146.35.html http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_-39.067_146.35.html

sahaj 18y ago

not sure if this is a limitation of google maps API, but zooming in/out with the scroll wheel would be nice.

andrewljohnson 18y ago
That's just one line of code, which I had enabled, but I turned off because it confused people in testing.