mapipedia

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   by mapipedia 7y ago

   Thanks for that useful feedback. I have to admit I probably haven't paid as much attention to the embed option as I should have. I'll take another look at it. Cheers
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   Show HN: Mapipedia: Platform to show your data on maps and sharing with others

   5 points by mapipedia 7y ago|2 comments
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   by mapipedia 8y ago

   Thanks for that confirmation.
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   by mapipedia 8y ago

   Does anyone have any comments about performance relating to things like load times, animation speed and response to user actions? Also, feel free to contact me directly at dnphilpot (at) gmail.com if you have any other questions, comments o
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   by mapipedia 8y ago

   Thanks again for that feedback. Yeah, with stuff like the 7 wonders of the world I think you're right in that it's well covered in other ways. I guess I was thinking more along the lines of the ancient wonders of the world. I thin
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   by mapipedia 8y ago

   Thanks! I'm hoping that non-profits put their data on the site and share the link (or embed the animation into their own sites) so that they can increase awareness on important issues. There's also a paid subscription option for p
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   by mapipedia 8y ago

   Ok, thanks for that. I just noticed that it stopped working for me as well. The server was complaining about having too many open files. I've just restarted it so hopefully it will work for you this time! I also fixed a possible cause
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   by mapipedia 8y ago

   Thanks for the feedback. There is already the ability to embed maps into other pages. However if you didn't find it that probably says something about the design of the site. There are some internal links (each page will show the other
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   by mapipedia 8y ago

   I have put some effort into mobile, but I have to admit I've struggled to get it to work well. The larger screens and use of a mouse means it works much better on laptop/desktops. Can you give me any further details about the part
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    by mapipedia 8y ago

    Thanks! I'm the same. Having something represented the right way visually can make a huge difference. The education sector is definitely one of my targets so it's great to get that feedback. I'm keen for people to create page
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    by mapipedia 8y ago

    Yeah, I know what you mean. I would love to be able to show the actual boundaries changing over time. I've thought of a way to do that but don't have the data, but I think it wouldn't be too hard to do. Another idea I was thi
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    by mapipedia 8y ago

    Thanks! Yeah, I was keen to start getting some feedback sooner rather than later and I thought this was the perfect forum for it. I figured if it looked like no one was going to show any interest there might not be much point paying someone
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    by mapipedia 8y ago

    Thanks!
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    by mapipedia 8y ago

    Thanks!
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    by mapipedia 8y ago

    There seems to be a lot of feedback on updating the design. Perhaps I should move that up the priority list!
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    by mapipedia 8y ago

    Yes, there is already a log scale in there but it's a bit hidden. You can click the 'Options' in the 'How' section and change the scale. I've also thought about a per capita option (which would be pretty straig
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    by mapipedia 8y ago

    Yeah, one of my future plans is to setup an API so real-time data could be entered into the site. I also want to make changes so that point data can be added in (i.e. lat/lon) so that it's easy to do real time tracking of things -
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    by mapipedia 8y ago

    Thanks. Yeah, I'm the first to admit I'm not a front end designer. I've started talking to someone about updating the design but nothing is locked in yet so if you can recommend anyone let me know! While we're on the top
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    by mapipedia 8y ago

    Thanks for the feedback. You're right there are some good open source libraries out there. Part of the reason I created this site is so that someone with no programming experience can just paste excel data into the page to create anima
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    by mapipedia 8y ago

    Thanks! I've noticed that there are a lot of data sets out there on the web, but there are not many that explain why the data behaves the way it does. Adding events to data was a big part of the reason I created the site.
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    by mapipedia 8y ago

    Hi, thanks for your question. It kind of is. I would like to get to the point where I could change the maps over time to accurately represent things. However, there is some limited capacity to do it now through the use of region groups. So
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    by mapipedia 8y ago

    Thanks! I just updated it. Cheers
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    Show HN: Mapipedia

    61 points by mapipedia 8y ago|38 comments