[HN Gopher] Show HN: New 3D Mapping website - Create heli orbits...
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       Show HN: New 3D Mapping website - Create heli orbits and "playable"
       map tours.
        
       Author : dobodob
       Score  : 25 points
       Date   : 2026-01-23 17:34 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.easy3dmaps.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.easy3dmaps.com)
        
       | robertheadley wrote:
       | I like this.
        
         | dobodob wrote:
         | Thanks. Please share. :)
        
       | mperham wrote:
       | Proud of my brother who built this!
        
         | dobodob wrote:
         | Aw, shucks!
        
       | cyode wrote:
       | 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.
        
         | dobodob wrote:
         | I noticed that too. I'll get on it!
        
       | moomoo11 wrote:
       | How does it work? I'm not able to load anything on mobile.
        
         | dobodob wrote:
         | Hmm, what URL are you visiting? Try
         | https://www.easy3dmaps.com/quick360
        
       | Lorin wrote:
       | 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.
        
         | dobodob wrote:
         | The rotation speed can be customized by the user. I'll slow
         | down the home page...
        
       | mips_avatar wrote:
       | 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?
        
         | dobodob wrote:
         | The things we do for love...
        
           | mips_avatar wrote:
           | Just seems like weird to insufficiently monetize a project
        
       | pedalpete wrote:
       | As the founder of https://ayvri.com, I thought/hoped you were
       | taking over where we left off.
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       | 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.
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       | This may be difficult in the Google Maps API, we built our own
       | renderer, camera, etc.
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       | 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.
        
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