most beautiful places
Consumer and social
travel map
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
4 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 9 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score -0.21.
Execution: 1 for, 8 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea for a travel map
From 3 comments
I just found a place I'd like to visit. I saw "Valley of the Ten Peaks" in Canada. I visited Lake Louise on a road trip, but did not make it up to Moraine Lake. This makes me…
japhyr on HNSo needed. Thanks.
pthreads on HNI agree. I think a transparent box with just the name would be great, and then when you mouseover/click, it would open a tooltip similar to PadMapper. Right now the distance and…
whichdan on HN
Map clustering is similar to cravify
From 1 comment
both are awesome sites. good work!
jawr on HN
Objections
Boxes look cluttered and overlap
From 3 comments
Looks really cluttered, despite not having a lot up yet. Maybe have the boxes expand when the cursor is near?
afterburner on HNThis is a really cool idea, it would be nice if you worked out a way for the boxes to not overlap though. Where did you get your initial dataset from?
reubensutton on HNNice, but you should change the rectangular boxes to rounded corners, the corners look harsh and ugly. Also, there's a distance underneath the link, but I have no idea what it…
steve8918 on HN
Content copied from Wikipedia without attribution
From 1 comment
Using content from Wikipedia without kind of attribution is not cool and not legal. All the descriptions seem to be verbatim copies. Boo!
aw3c2 on HN
Not mobile friendly; links fail on Safari and iPad
From 3 comments
Brutal on mobile.
newobj on HNI'm on an iPad and I can't make any of the links work.
timrobinson on HNUsing safari (5.1.5) on mac, I can't click on any of the place links (works ok in chrome)
conanite on HN
Social bar blanks out the page in Chrome
From 1 comment
The social media bar is interfering somehow on chrome 21.0.1157.0 (Developer Build 139621 Windows) (with plugins set to click enable) and 1024*768 screen on xp. Mainly, all the…
PidGin128 on HN
Factual errors in place locations
From 2 comments
How come Christ Church Meadow, Oxford, is also in Venice? See http://mostbeautifulplaces.org/item/5291686 vs http://mostbeautifulplaces.org/item/5291685 ... Hackish indeed... ;-)
rickard on HNYou have badlands national park located near Minneapolis MN. I don't know if this was meant to be a joke or not but you're off by several hundred miles.
DIVx0 on HN
Requests
Rounded corners on boxes
From 2 comments
Nice, but you should change the rectangular boxes to rounded corners, the corners look harsh and ugly. Also, there's a distance underneath the link, but I have no idea what it…
steve8918 on HNNamely: ``` .overlay-label { border-radius: 5px; } ```
nyellin on HN
Kilometers as distance unit
From 1 comment
kilometers too pls :)
superphil0 on HN
Multiple photos per place and higher resolution images
From 2 comments
I agree. I think a transparent box with just the name would be great, and then when you mouseover/click, it would open a tooltip similar to PadMapper. Right now the distance and…
whichdan on HNHeh, good thing I didn't add my Mont Saint-Michel photo, since it doesn't remotely compare to the one someone added in the intervening 8 hours:…
morsch on HN
Community process for choosing better photos
From 1 comment
Hmm. You are only supposed to add pictures for new places. What happens when the first picture added along with a new place is beautiful, but much more beautiful photos exist?…
morsch on HN
Questions
How the map avoids becoming crowded
From 1 comment
I just found a place I'd like to visit. I saw "Valley of the Ten Peaks" in Canada. I visited Lake Louise on a road trip, but did not make it up to Moraine Lake. This makes me…
japhyr on HN
Where the initial dataset came from
From 1 comment
This is a really cool idea, it would be nice if you worked out a way for the boxes to not overlap though. Where did you get your initial dataset from?
reubensutton on HN
Alternatives named
Google Cultural Institute World Wonders
From 1 comment
Similar: http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/worldwonders/
mwilcox on HN
where-is-this.com
From 1 comment
Reminds me a bit of http://www.where-is-this.com/. Also a collection of very nice places.
albertzeyer on HN
Cravify
From 1 comment
We cluster them as how http://cravify.com works.
thlt on HN
Nerdy Daytrips
From 1 comment
I was sure I'd seen the Geek Spots one on HN before, so here, I found it: http://nerdydaytrips.com/ Also though in tracking that down, I found this enormous (2300+!) catalog of…
Ogre on HN