Show HN – Get Your Own Maps – Pixel Perfect(getyourmap.com) GLMap is a framework for iOS developers with a simple mechanism for integrating detailed
and lightweight offline maps into any application. |
Show HN – Get Your Own Maps – Pixel Perfect(getyourmap.com) GLMap is a framework for iOS developers with a simple mechanism for integrating detailed
and lightweight offline maps into any application. |
(Declaration of interest: I invented MapCSS, the styling language which this uses.)
Google Maps has refused to respond to all requests for custom styled maps on iOS despite being the most requested feature.[1]
I've also tried MapBox but both have been giving very bad performance on iPhone 4... this could be just my code, however as a game I really need to perform a lot of animation on the map itself and these 2 options perform quite poorly in my experience.
Another issue with map SDKs is that there's usually no way to turn off road names. I just need the road vectors to be rendered (like Ingress) so players get a baring of where they are relative to their roads, but not necessarily the name of the roads. I imagine that it would be more performant if I could turn that off. Neither Google nor Mapbox allows this unfortunately.
Might give this a go to see how well it works with all the things we're throwing at our map functionality. Thanks!
[1] - https://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=...
I haven't had time to dive into it yet so don't take my word for it but I suspect it would be similar in feature and performance.
He is called Evgen Bodunov and here is his profile on linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/molind
A link to a lecture he gave on Map Rendering using OpenGL ES 2.0:
Edit: I don't have to know the people. And the About-Us page isn't very important. I just want to see that it's a legitimate business and usually in most countries, this requires the company to put a full address on their website.
Are you thinking of expanding to other platforms other than iOS?
As far I know Mapbox works on WebGL map rendering solution.
I really don't understand your reasoning for wanting an About Us page before purchasing a service. I don't feel that this level of paranoia is appropriate when using online services.
The reason is very simple: From my experience, legitimate businesses have an imprint. As I said, an imprint is mandatory in most countries for commercial websites and trying to hide the address is very sketchy.
If they steal your money, you can make an HN submission about your experience, which will completely ruin their reputation. Their reputation is far more valuable than whatever small amount of pocket change they could skim by tricking a few HN users. Therefore, the chance that your money is going to be stolen is hovering just above nil.
> an HN submission about your experience, [..] will completely ruin their reputation
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Are there any cases like the example you suggested?