I made a web app to generate 3D models of real places on earth from land cover and elevation data.
Click anywhere on the map to get a polygon, and then click "generate".
It should work at most scales, but if your watershed or region selection is too large, the result can be less exciting because it's so flat.
As a warning, the 3D models can sometimes be too much for my phone. It's nicer on desktop. I'm still working better on mobile support.
The land cover data I'm using gives a cool
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Hello HN! I've been working on creating a new note-taking app called Seen. Right now, it's really just a preview: virtual-list rendering ~1,000,000 notes in a masonry layout, while trying to minimize CPU and memory usage as much as possible.
Seen currently has:
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Hi, I've just finished a rebuild of this function and added a lot of new features: info, page index, minimap, inverted index,... I think it may be useful for inspection, debugging or just as a learning resource showcasing the PDF file format. This is a pet project and I would be happy to receive some feedback! Regards
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