Show HN: I just hacked together an app to map broadband speeds.(speedmap.heroku.com)
speedmap.heroku.com
Show HN: I just hacked together an app to map broadband speeds.
http://speedmap.heroku.com/
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There's a map. Without more information, it looks like maps.google.com.
Can't you see the little pink icons with speeds on them?
I do see them using chrome on Win 7.
nope
Aw, sorry about that. What browser are you using?
I dont see it. Latest Firefox on OS X.
Okay - figured it out, errant ' chars. Try again!
same
it would be helpful if you could make the adding 1 click. i have to leave your site, then come back, then go to back to the other site and copy the next field..etc etc. no one is really going to do that.
you could do a combination of geolocation and screen scraping to do it (or maybe there is a better way, that's just the first thing that came to mind), and it would probably take a bit so you'd have to ask the user to wait or something.
you could do a combination of geolocation and screen scraping to do it (or maybe there is a better way, that's just the first thing that came to mind), and it would probably take a bit so you'd have to ask the user to wait or something.
This is exactly why I left the site. If a site asks me to leave, I will be less likely to return and enter data.
It would be interesting if you added in a question about price that people paid as well.
While the sample size is small, I'm surprised that the US is largely on par with Europe in terms of speed. I'd expect though that price / speed is much better in Europe.
While the sample size is small, I'm surprised that the US is largely on par with Europe in terms of speed. I'd expect though that price / speed is much better in Europe.
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Can you make add the control to switch to the map view? Looking around sometimes takes too long to load in Satellite mode, which is probably indicative of my broadband speed.
Done! Hope that helps.
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I wish it would’ve zoomed in and opened my entry after I submitted. Kinda fun, though.
good call - I'll add that :)