alt Hacker NewsThis is really freaking cool.
Two asks -
(1) you should default to a busy airport, eg. Atlanta, which is the busiest in the world. They have an order of magnitude more flights landing and departing. It seems random, but I keep getting New Orleans which is 10-20x less busy than Atlanta. ATL, SFO, LAX, ... That said, the topographically diverse places like Anchorage are nice too, and the height maps on the textures are fantastic.
(2) Higher resolution satellite titles would be awesome. I have a high density flight path directly overhead and I'd love to see where I live on the map and know which way to look in real time, but the textures are about 10x too grainy to make out my street / neighborhood. Maybe you can download some high resolution tiles for free that won't be a big performance hit?
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interesting, seems to be random. I've gotten Portland which was also not too busy but nevertheless enough to understand the beauty of it.
I’m actively looking for a better map tile provider here.
You’re getting New Orleans because it’s truly selecting from ~20 random US airports.
Stoked that you like the app!