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24 points by fardinak 12y ago

fardinak 12y ago
An aerial map of Kish Island, South Iran, for the Kish Free Zone Organization The UI is not a catch, but it's a work in progress. I hope it'll be better in a few iterations.
- tijs 12y ago
  What is the idea behind the Kish free zone? Is the idea to experiment with alternative economic models like you sometimes see in china for specified regions? Same government, alternative laws?
  - fardinak 12y ago
    Yeah, that's the Idea. You could read more about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_direct_investment_in_Iran#Free_trade_zones_and_special_economic_zones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_direct_investment_in_Ir...
codezero 12y ago
My only feedback is that left-right swipe on Mac OS X zooms rather than going back/forward.
- fardinak 12y ago
  Thanks for the feedback, I'll look into it.
dfritsch 12y ago
Very neat! When I clicked around, it looks like a few of the places categories come back with all the places as "undefined". I got this for bakeries and food markets.
- fardinak 12y ago
  Thank you for the feedback. That's partly because the original info is in Persian and translation is in progress.
Raphmedia 12y ago
Can you give us some background on that? What is this island? Isn't it on Google Map? The website works great, but I am curious!
- smockman36 12y ago
  https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kish+Island,+Iran/@26.5398882,53.9817671,13z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x3e50a9147e298609:0x625dad11bc3932e2 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kish+Island,+Iran/@26.5398...
- fardinak 12y ago
  Well it is an actual island, available on any world map including Google's. Though, this map has more details and it's designed to help tourists find out what is to be seen around the island. It also contains all businesses and local services, listed directly by the KFZ Org.
  - danialtz 12y ago
    First of all, well done! (khaste nabashid) I'm wondering along the same path. I can imagine why you wouldn't want to use google as your main source, but any reason you didn't use openstreetmaps apis?
    - fardinak 12y ago
      There is still a lot to be done, but Thanks :) As for the map, I'm not responsible for that matter; but AFAIK it was specifically asked! Besides, every single detail is carefully highlighted manually, so we could say it's more precise than Google Maps (plus the sanctions situation). and as I mentioned in a replay to another comment, KFZ Org. provides local business information; so it basically contains (should contain) every single business and public service available on the island.
msoad 12y ago
Is this hosted inside Iran? It's pretty fast from here(Northern California) Khasteh nabashid! Good job!
- fardinak 12y ago
  I think so, yeah! Sepaas :]
elandybarr 12y ago
Cool! What kind of mapping engine did you use? Google Map Engine? CartoDB? The bounded view works nicely. Mikhaem yeh rooz beh anja safar konam.
- fardinak 12y ago
  Thank you. Unfortunately, I'm not aware of the technical details of the back-end, as I was only responsible for the front-end application development. Baraye shoma arezooye movafaghiyat daram. :)

24 points by fardinak 12y ago

An aerial map of Kish Island, South Iran, for the Kish Free Zone Organization The UI is not a catch, but it's a work in progress. I hope it'll be better in a few iterations.

tijs 12y ago
What is the idea behind the Kish free zone? Is the idea to experiment with alternative economic models like you sometimes see in china for specified regions? Same government, alternative laws?
- fardinak 12y ago
  Yeah, that's the Idea. You could read more about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_direct_investment_in_Iran#Free_trade_zones_and_special_economic_zones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_direct_investment_in_Ir...

codezero 12y ago

My only feedback is that left-right swipe on Mac OS X zooms rather than going back/forward.

fardinak 12y ago
Thanks for the feedback, I'll look into it.

dfritsch 12y ago

Very neat! When I clicked around, it looks like a few of the places categories come back with all the places as "undefined". I got this for bakeries and food markets.

fardinak 12y ago
Thank you for the feedback. That's partly because the original info is in Persian and translation is in progress.

Raphmedia 12y ago

Can you give us some background on that? What is this island? Isn't it on Google Map? The website works great, but I am curious!

smockman36 12y ago
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kish+Island,+Iran/@26.5398882,53.9817671,13z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x3e50a9147e298609:0x625dad11bc3932e2 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kish+Island,+Iran/@26.5398...
fardinak 12y ago
Well it is an actual island, available on any world map including Google's. Though, this map has more details and it's designed to help tourists find out what is to be seen around the island. It also contains all businesses and local services, listed directly by the KFZ Org.
- danialtz 12y ago
  First of all, well done! (khaste nabashid) I'm wondering along the same path. I can imagine why you wouldn't want to use google as your main source, but any reason you didn't use openstreetmaps apis?
  - fardinak 12y ago
    There is still a lot to be done, but Thanks :) As for the map, I'm not responsible for that matter; but AFAIK it was specifically asked! Besides, every single detail is carefully highlighted manually, so we could say it's more precise than Google Maps (plus the sanctions situation). and as I mentioned in a replay to another comment, KFZ Org. provides local business information; so it basically contains (should contain) every single business and public service available on the island.

msoad 12y ago

Is this hosted inside Iran? It's pretty fast from here(Northern California) Khasteh nabashid! Good job!

fardinak 12y ago
I think so, yeah! Sepaas :]

elandybarr 12y ago

Cool! What kind of mapping engine did you use? Google Map Engine? CartoDB? The bounded view works nicely. Mikhaem yeh rooz beh anja safar konam.

fardinak 12y ago
Thank you. Unfortunately, I'm not aware of the technical details of the back-end, as I was only responsible for the front-end application development. Baraye shoma arezooye movafaghiyat daram. :)