StackMaps
Consumer and social
user location map
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
2 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Design: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Map design and marker spiderfier effect liked
From 3 comments
I like this very much. How did you implement the effect where if there is more than a user at a given point, when you click on that point a bunch of pins open radially from that…
asimeqi on HNNice! One suggestion: when a cluster of markers are clicked, pop out all of the children of the cluster - you can do this by setting the 'zIndex' of the marker. Also, it would be…
chrisbroadfoot on HNThat is a great library. I like it that the shadow is darker if more points are overlapping. Thanks for sharing.
asimeqi on HN
Works across all StackExchange communities
From 1 comment
I recently discovered the Travel StackExchange site and thought it would be cool to see where my fellow travelers live so I built a map using the StackExchange API. A nice…
johndbritton on HN
Objections
Geocoding quality is poor for some locations
From 2 comments
I think it might need a bit of tweaking http://imgur.com/FBiL5
guyht on HNOdd. If you don't enter a city for New Zealand, the mapping assumes you are in the South Atlantic Ocean. :-)
pgrote on HN
Clicking clusters does not dim other markers
From 1 comment
Nice! One suggestion: when a cluster of markers are clicked, pop out all of the children of the cluster - you can do this by setting the 'zIndex' of the marker. Also, it would be…
chrisbroadfoot on HN
Requests
Use zip codes as location instead of city
From 1 comment
Looks good! It's times like these that make me wish it was more of a standard to use your ZipCode as your location instead of city (and convert to city in the background), so the…
reustle on HN
Make site selection dropdown more prominent
From 1 comment
Looks good! It's times like these that make me wish it was more of a standard to use your ZipCode as your location instead of city (and convert to city in the background), so the…
reustle on HN
Pop out all cluster children on click
From 1 comment
Nice! One suggestion: when a cluster of markers are clicked, pop out all of the children of the cluster - you can do this by setting the 'zIndex' of the marker. Also, it would be…
chrisbroadfoot on HN
Questions
Why a user is not shown in San Francisco
From 2 comments
JDB! Why am I not showing up in SF? :)
johns on HNYou're probably not in the 500 top users by reputation. Click "show more users" a few times and you'll show up as long as you have your location in your profile.
johndbritton on HN
How the radial pin effect was implemented
From 1 comment
I like this very much. How did you implement the effect where if there is more than a user at a given point, when you click on that point a bunch of pins open radially from that…
asimeqi on HN
Alternatives named
Google MarkerClusterer
From 1 comment
I originally tried to use the MarkerClusterer from Google but that didn't work because at the closest zoom level the pins directly on top of each other weren't clickable. The…
johndbritton on HN