I built a website where people can "tattoo" the Earth, one pixel at a time

I built a website where people can "tattoo" the Earth, one pixel at a time(earth.tattoo)

4 points by earth-tattoo 51 days ago | 3 comments

cadmeup 51 days ago |

Cool idea. So you only draw on a small little part, how does that work?

earth-tattoo 51 days ago | |

Yes, so basically the earth is divided into almost 510 million "blocks" or "tiles". You can "claim" one block every hour. Or you can pay to buy one block for $1.

earth-tattoo 51 days ago | | |

Oh and by the way, each tile is 16x16 pixels

cadmeup 51 days ago |

Cool idea. So you only draw on a small little part, how does that work?

earth-tattoo 51 days ago | |

Yes, so basically the earth is divided into almost 510 million "blocks" or "tiles". You can "claim" one block every hour. Or you can pay to buy one block for $1.

earth-tattoo 51 days ago | | |

Oh and by the way, each tile is 16x16 pixels