live-cloud-maps
Infrastructure
data service for cloud imagery
SHOW HN2023
68points
16comments
#878of 3,109 in 2023
Top 29%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
3 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.19.
Design: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Cool and useful, easy URL access works as a drop-in for Unreal and Blender
From 3 comments
Man, that is so damn cool! Thanks! Don't have any particular use case for this, myself, but its open accessibility (a simple url) makes it a drop in solution for all kinds of…
catapart on HNCame here for AWS - still left happy discovering it was about real clouds
treebeard5440 on HNLooks Fantastic! I love stuff like this, and am jealous of Planet employees ;-) Wonder how it compares with the GOES raw data, and also I wonder if a hybrid viewer would have any…
loxias on HN
Objections
Faint white line visible at left and right image edges when wrapped on a sphere
From 2 comments
Looks great! Just one note: there is a very faint shimmer of a white line on the left and right edges of this image which thus becomes more visible when wrapping around a model…
ugh123 on HNThanks! Yes you're right, it does become a lot more pronounced when it's used on a sphere. I'll find a nice way to fill in the gaps that doesn't just make it more obvious
matteason on HN
Requests
Access to unprocessed image data without nighttime adjustments
From 1 comment
Awesome! Thanks for putting this together. Is there any way to get non-processed image data? Without the nighttime adjustments?
arriu on HN
Source code for image generation
From 1 comment
This looks cool! i want to build a persistence of vision globe (sealed in partial vacuum under a bell jar) with live cloud cover, and was looking for a way to get cloud data. is…
yarekt on HN
Questions
How does it compare with raw GOES data
From 1 comment
Looks Fantastic! I love stuff like this, and am jealous of Planet employees ;-) Wonder how it compares with the GOES raw data, and also I wonder if a hybrid viewer would have any…
loxias on HN
Alternatives named
Raw GOES satellite data
From 1 comment
Looks Fantastic! I love stuff like this, and am jealous of Planet employees ;-) Wonder how it compares with the GOES raw data, and also I wonder if a hybrid viewer would have any…
loxias on HN