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awesome, I was getting a bit worried about the lack of updates on their blog. Thrilled that they are actually talking to various agencies. I am a bit worried a
by rurounijones 13y ago
awesome, I was getting a bit worried about the lack of updates on their blog. Thrilled that they are actually talking to various agencies.
I am a bit worried about the attention given to "shiny" (Leap Motion, Twitter, vehicles etc.) features rather than actually useful statistical stuff but I am hoping they are just working on this while they are in discussions with said agencies.
- petewsmart 13y agoWe've been meaning to post for ages! Finding time in amongst all the excitement has been our challenge. Thanks so much for your support - lots more soon!
- robhawkes 13y agoNoticed you updated the comment… Re: "Shiny". We're working on a huge number of different features and we didn't want to overload the latest update with things we'd already covered in the first update – things like statistical data visualisation, etc. We're still working on those areas though and they are still a priority, they just don't need as much work as the other features right now.
- rurounijones 13y agoYea, sorry about that, I thought I edited it quickly enough that no one will have read it yet. My ninja skillz need training.
- robhawkes 13y agoWe're pretty quick ;)
- a_n_o_nymous 13y agoIt's just a overhyped shiny toy...
- robhawkes 13y agoI take it you're not going to sign up for the beta then
- a_n_o_nymous 13y agoI did sign up for the beta (following the initial post). So far, I've only seen overexcitment for a simple web-based viewer that displays very few data layers for a specific city and lacks a lot of useful information: for instance there are no POIs / streets labels / ... In this regard, I believe the recently unveiled WebGL-based Maps / Earth from Google are significantly more advanced. Most of the focus of your project has been on visual cuteness (tilt shift, animated cars) and wow effect (leap motion). This is combined with using buzzwords that IMHO don't really apply here (big data, platform). I'll be glad to be proven completely wrong when your beta is out.
- pchristensen 13y agoWhen google maps came out, it had noticeably worse data than MSN Maps and Mapquest, bit it was fast and slick. Don't compare 4 months of work by 2 people against what Google has accomplished in a decade.
- a_n_o_nymous 13y agoI am not trying to do a comparison with Google Maps on this level. Even when Google Maps came out, it was nevertheless showing useful mapping information and not only background data layers. In this respect, it was not a shiny toy. My point is that the current prototype for ViziCities is focusing almost exclusively on visual appeal, at the expense of mapping accuracy / actual usefulness / advanced interactivity.
- loceng 13y agoI lol'd so hard.