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Show HN: Plants Map

15 points by SailorBill 12y ago

percept 12y ago
It's plants! On a map! (Only kidding, it looks clean and nice, including on mobile.) I haven't played with this much, but I'll bet there's a way to have a smoother zoom transition for your map overlay(s).
- SailorBill 12y ago
  Thanks. Yes, we are rebuilding the site and in the next version maps use ArcGIS.
  - ikawe 12y ago
    Interesting, I know that it exists, so someone must be using it, but I actually don't recall ever seeing published web projects using ArcGIS. Why did you choose to use it? Did you evaluate postgis + leaflet/mapbox? edit: just looked into the subscription plan with ArcGIS and it seems somewhat expensive (and opaque - you are buying "service credits" which are consumed by how much you use their services - e.g. how many tiles are served, how much data is stored, etc. all use different rates of "service credits".
    - SailorBill 12y ago
      They support the Alliance for Public Gardens GIS nonprofit which ties into the ArcGIS platform. We are working with a lot of public gardens so it just made sense to go with the flow, plus they are pretty awesome.
kpennell 12y ago
hey this is cool!
kartikkumar 12y ago
Awesome! I was working on a similar concept and then put it on the side burner. Had some serious incubator support but set it aside due to circumstances. Would be interested in sharing thoughts if you're open to it. Feel free to drop me an email: me[at]kartikkumar.com
- SailorBill 12y ago
  Will do.
prawn 12y ago
Maybe include links to the example organisation and a demo garden profile on the home page? Then on the garden page, I guess I was expecting to see a map rather than just a list? http://www.plantsmap.com/garden/165/cloudy-way-garden-va http://www.plantsmap.com/garden/165/cloudy-way-garden-va Is the map hidden for privacy reasons?
- SailorBill 12y ago
  No, we want it there too. We're moving to ArcGIS and just haven't finished adding it yet. It's very near the top of the to-do list!
durkie 12y ago
have you seen fallingfruit.org? Seems like there'd be some way for yall to collaborate...
- SailorBill 12y ago
  No but I'll go check that out. Thanks!
- SailorBill 12y ago
  A lot of the businesses on that site would be perfect for Plants Map. We haven't launched business profiles yet but we are interviewing several this week to see what they want.

15 points by SailorBill 12y ago

It's plants! On a map! (Only kidding, it looks clean and nice, including on mobile.) I haven't played with this much, but I'll bet there's a way to have a smoother zoom transition for your map overlay(s).

SailorBill 12y ago
Thanks. Yes, we are rebuilding the site and in the next version maps use ArcGIS.
- ikawe 12y ago
  Interesting, I know that it exists, so someone must be using it, but I actually don't recall ever seeing published web projects using ArcGIS. Why did you choose to use it? Did you evaluate postgis + leaflet/mapbox? edit: just looked into the subscription plan with ArcGIS and it seems somewhat expensive (and opaque - you are buying "service credits" which are consumed by how much you use their services - e.g. how many tiles are served, how much data is stored, etc. all use different rates of "service credits".
  - SailorBill 12y ago
    They support the Alliance for Public Gardens GIS nonprofit which ties into the ArcGIS platform. We are working with a lot of public gardens so it just made sense to go with the flow, plus they are pretty awesome.

kpennell 12y ago

hey this is cool!

kartikkumar 12y ago

Awesome! I was working on a similar concept and then put it on the side burner. Had some serious incubator support but set it aside due to circumstances. Would be interested in sharing thoughts if you're open to it. Feel free to drop me an email: me[at]kartikkumar.com

SailorBill 12y ago
Will do.

prawn 12y ago

Maybe include links to the example organisation and a demo garden profile on the home page? Then on the garden page, I guess I was expecting to see a map rather than just a list? http://www.plantsmap.com/garden/165/cloudy-way-garden-va http://www.plantsmap.com/garden/165/cloudy-way-garden-va Is the map hidden for privacy reasons?

SailorBill 12y ago
No, we want it there too. We're moving to ArcGIS and just haven't finished adding it yet. It's very near the top of the to-do list!

durkie 12y ago

have you seen fallingfruit.org? Seems like there'd be some way for yall to collaborate...

SailorBill 12y ago
No but I'll go check that out. Thanks!
SailorBill 12y ago
A lot of the businesses on that site would be perfect for Plants Map. We haven't launched business profiles yet but we are interviewing several this week to see what they want.