Show HN: New 3D Mapping website - Create heli orbits and "playable" map tours.

Posted by dobodob 20 hours ago

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Comment by pedalpete 14 hours ago

As the founder of https://ayvri.com, I thought/hoped you were taking over where we left off.

You're maybe on the path, but I'd recommend smoothing out the camera movement when going from point to point, and rather than go direct from point to point, you can calculate smooth arcs between almost any point.

This may be difficult in the Google Maps API, we built our own renderer, camera, etc.

I'm VERY surprised that the Google Maps API is priced in such a way that you can actually afford this if it got any amount of scale.

Happy to answer any questions if I can help.

Comment by dobodob 14 hours ago

It's all vibe coded, so getting the AI to understand the camera movement and start/stop angles is challenging. Initially I planned for a subscription model with 1-3 free maps/tours, then paid for more tours and/or higher volume. Google gives a pretty generous free tier for small projects. I'm just trying to get users and awareness.

Comment by mips_avatar 16 hours ago

I'm kind of surprised the economics of this work out, like a google map load costs 0.7 cents and I doubt he's getting that much in ad revenue. Or is the iframe free since he's not customizing it?

Comment by dobodob 15 hours ago

The things we do for love...

Comment by mips_avatar 15 hours ago

Just seems like weird to insufficiently monetize a project

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Comment by Lorin 16 hours ago

Consider a slower default rotation speed, esp. on your front page backdrop as you must be considerate of users with movement based nausea. Further consider generating a looping video for the backdrop on the hope page since it's a non-interactive element and could be optimized.

Comment by dobodob 16 hours ago

The rotation speed can be customized by the user. I'll slow down the home page...

Comment by cyode 18 hours ago

UI feedback: on mobile (I’m on iOS safari), when I search tours with the 3 inputs on the home page, it’s not obvious there are results since they appear off screen further down the page. For a bit I thought search was totally broken.

Comment by dobodob 17 hours ago

I noticed that too. I'll get on it!

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Comment by mperham 19 hours ago

Proud of my brother who built this!

Comment by dobodob 19 hours ago

Aw, shucks!

Comment by robertheadley 19 hours ago

I like this.

Comment by dobodob 19 hours ago

Thanks. Please share. :)

Comment by moomoo11 17 hours ago

How does it work? I’m not able to load anything on mobile.

Comment by dobodob 17 hours ago

Hmm, what URL are you visiting? Try https://www.easy3dmaps.com/quick360