frasermarlow

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   by frasermarlow 6mo ago

   Thanks. Performance will depend on your internet connection as it progressively loads the tiled images.
2. 32.▲
   by frasermarlow 6mo ago

   Ugh, yeah, I see what you mean - much of the project is running into backend errors.
3. 33.▲
   by frasermarlow 6mo ago

   Thanks for the thoughtful feedback. Yes, i literally threw the faux-satellite version together in response to suggestions on this thread. Plenty of room for improvement there! Thanks for the notes on marker positioning. Let me look into t
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   by frasermarlow 6mo ago

   Yep. When I get some time I will do a metadata layer to clarify water vs land vs prairies vs forest etc... then I will rerun the process with that additional Context. Should be fun. Thanks for the suggestion.
5. 35.▲
   by frasermarlow 6mo ago

   Thanks, I will check it out. Good news is, web hosting tech aside, the content should not go out of date!
6. 36.▲
   by frasermarlow 6mo ago

   I added some notes above on the tiling technology. As for the base map itself I posted a link to the original file. I hope that helps but happy to answer any other questions you might have.
7. 37.▲
   by frasermarlow 6mo ago

   I totally get that. Sorry if it was a letdown. In reality I built this map as part of a personal exploration of the lore and background of Tolkien's lore, because i am fascinated by it. This felt like a productive way to share my lea
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   by frasermarlow 6mo ago

   Ha ha. Yeah. That was a first wild attempt. If I get time I will figure out how to fine tune the mock-satellite imagery to properly reflect ocean, lakes, trees, castles etc.
9. 39.▲
   by frasermarlow 6mo ago

   If you put in a credit card, look out, the Google maps API can get very expensive very quickly!
10. 40.▲
    by frasermarlow 6mo ago

    Yep, that is correct, well spotted. See the thread with blevinstein below on some more details related to that.
11. 41.▲
    by frasermarlow 6mo ago

    I added a comment above about the use of https://leafletjs.com/ if you are interested.
12. 42.▲
    by frasermarlow 6mo ago

    I added a comment above about the use of https://leafletjs.com/ if you are interested.
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    by frasermarlow 6mo ago

    PS: There have been a few questions about the tiling system used. It's based on https://leafletjs.com/ and you will find it all in the Github repo. Its one of the more interesting parts of the project: https:/&#
14. 44.▲
    by frasermarlow 6mo ago

    Open to ideas on how more 'interactive' we can make it. But yeah, fair point. Maybe it's just more 'annotated'
15. 45.▲
    by frasermarlow 6mo ago

    Ah. Yeah sorry. I could add a "spoiler alert!"
16. 46.▲
    by frasermarlow 6mo ago

    Sure, it's public; https://github.com/frasermarlow/middle-earth-map
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    by frasermarlow 6mo ago

    Hey @pants2, I put something together for you. It's pretty rough, but if you take the time to respond here, that will be the motivation I need to clean this up and make it work properly. https://middle-earth-interactive-map
18. 48.▲
    by frasermarlow 6mo ago

    LOL
19. 49.▲
    by frasermarlow 6mo ago

    Yeah, for sure. Vibe coding has it's place, I think. It's the people who pretend to build production-ready systems that are just hollow shells that give it a bad name. It is what it is. I vibe-coded this game and I take pride i
20. 50.▲
    by frasermarlow 6mo ago

    If I can find the right source materials, then challenge accepted.
21. 51.▲
    by frasermarlow 6mo ago

    Thanks. Being on Hacker News is fun. But it turns out to be expensive too if your project takes off and Firebase charges for downloads!
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    by frasermarlow 6mo ago

    The source image is here if it helps - https://i.redd.it/r8403tg0wo5c1.jpeg .
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    by frasermarlow 6mo ago

    Good question. Check out Reddit - that is where I found the original. I understand it was made for the movies but I have not been able to locate the exact source or a place to order it from.
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    by frasermarlow 6mo ago

    The original map was found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/lotr/comments/18fy0ga/middleearth_m... - give it a whirl!
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    by frasermarlow 6mo ago

    Well I included 13 Silmarillion events, but most are actually Second Age events that map perfectly fine. Three of them are First age so it's a bit fudgy. The project has no Beleriand events... they literally cannot be placed because B
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    by frasermarlow 6mo ago

    Honestly the hardest thing for this was getting the pins in the right place. I had Claude create a tool for me to get the location and have it correct placements. Even after a dozen 'pins' were on the map, it still had problems
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    by frasermarlow 6mo ago

    Yep, that zoom thing is a bit fiddly on mobile in particular. I will see what I can improve.
28. 58.▲
    by frasermarlow 6mo ago

    Hey thanks. Good call, I will have Claude figure out the years for each event that can be pinned down.
29. 59.▲
    by frasermarlow 6mo ago

    Best use case I have found so far :-)
30. 60.▲
    Show HN: An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth(middle-earth-interactive-map.web.app)

    291 points by frasermarlow 6mo ago|70 comments