Show HN: I Was Here – Draw on street view, others can find your drawings(washere.live)
35 pointsby mrktsm__6 hours ago11 comments
  • seweso5 minutes ago
    Why are places marked which have zero strokes? Why is the heatmap activating for places without strokes? Is something going wrong?
  • qezzan hour ago
    It's not very obvious which places are available for drawing. At first I thought it pulls Google street view, so I just zoomed in to some place I visited recently, but there was nothing.

    So it turned out the spots on the map are actually the available panoramas, and not just a heatmap of the signatures.

    Cool idea overall!

  • tkocmathla3 hours ago
    Cool idea, but of course the very first image I clicked into was a dick.
    • lukan2 hours ago
      I recently learned that in Bhutan, they are sacred smybols since a long time

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallus_paintings_in_Bhutan

      Since I know that, I am rather amused every time I see a dick painted anywhere.

    • eternauta3kan hour ago
      First thing I saw was a Swastika. It was painted on an ex Nazi building, but still...
    • mrktsm__3 hours ago
      Haha yeah, can't have nice things I guess. I'm currently working on automated moderation to catch that stuff faster. In the meantime, Report button exists if you stumble into anything awful.
  • doctorhandshake2 hours ago
    It is my belief that a time may come when we can all ‘write’ on, or link information to, any person, place, or thing, based on a melange of semantic anchors, and in that world there will be fewer secrets and more experts.
  • abrookewood3 hours ago
    A long, long time ago ... there was a browser extension or maybe an iframe, that allowed you to "comment" on public websites. Of course you weren't really commenting on the actual website, just some form of overlay. Anyway, it quickly devolved into lawsuits and rude comments if I recall correctly.
  • FailMore4 hours ago
    Good fun thanks! Found a cute cat in Buenos Aires. It seems you have quite a lot of activity already, is that all from HN in the last two hours or from something else before this?
    • mrktsm__4 hours ago
      Mostly from HN in the last 2 hours, yeah. Had some early users before but nothing like this spike. Glad you found the cat drawing!
  • behehebd11 minutes ago
    Nice but come on paying 3.99 for more ink. You HP?
  • sans_souse4 hours ago
    I love it until fine I'll signup and love it again but then no you pay now. My 2 cents is all I have to give.
    • mrktsm__4 hours ago
      I hear you on the friction. I’m experimenting with the 'ink' limits right now, also the ink actually regenerates. I think I need to make it more obvious in the UI
      • sans_souse3 hours ago
        I was definitely finding it fun, responsive etc. Started to do a Simpsons-esque tag in Boston but ran out of credit. Hope to see more leeway keep up the good work
  • colejhudson4 hours ago
    How are the panoramas chosen? That is, can I select one that isn't currently on the map?
    • mrktsm__4 hours ago
      About 2,000 locations so far. Mapillary has a lot of imagery but finding the 360 panoramas is trickier since they are a lot rarer. I'm actively expanding coverage
  • yukapero4 hours ago
    good work! this is like Wplace but in 3D
    • mrktsm__4 hours ago
      Thanks! That was the main inspiration.
  • builderhq_io3 hours ago
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