Very cool. Does this mean any chance AR features are coming to Flyover Country? I've used that app for years, but matching what I see onto the map is the trickiest part.
headsupernova 5 hours ago [-]
They're in there already (as of a month or so ago)! I'm really excited about AR in Flyover. Especially interested to hear your feedback on the new version having used it for so long!
naftalibeder 12 hours ago [-]
Very well done. The animation of plate movements give me a real sense of vertigo! Earth is old. o__O
For me at least, it would feel more intuitive to have the distant past on the left and the current date on the right. I'd also love an option to keep the current location centered while manually dragging the slider.
EDIT: Also, could optionally overlay lat/lon lines to help anchor the globe as it rotates? It's hard to understand the plate movements relative to the Earth.
headsupernova 9 hours ago [-]
oh interesting yeah I was trying to keep the time direction consistent with the squiggle graphic in the main sheet, but I can see how it would read backwards! Maybe I should flip them in both spots.
gus_massa 2 days ago [-]
Is there a web version? I don't like to install apps if avoidable.
When the page loads, it shows a blinking animation [1]. I didn't realize it was a loading an interactive background example. Perhaps load a default photo of the grand canyons and add a clock or something until the full version loads.
[1] In my phone in the subway, not a very good WiFi nearby.
headsupernova 9 hours ago [-]
been thinking of trying a web version! the AR stuff might be tough (I'm relying on ARcore/ARKit a lot) but I think all the pieces are there to make it possible. Good call on the image fallback! The 3d demos are probably heavier than they should be for a landing page hero...
hsparikh 7 hours ago [-]
This is timely. I am on my way to the Grand Canyon today. Will install and give it a go with my son. I think he will be excited.
headsupernova 5 hours ago [-]
oh man a screenshot of the live view on the Canyon would make my day!! please send one over (shane @t flyovercountry.app). Fingers crossed it works for you!
timothevs 10 hours ago [-]
This is really well done! My 9-year-old and I have been going down the rabbit hole for the last 2 hours. We simply love the ‘Where it formed’ feature. Great job!
headsupernova 10 hours ago [-]
wow this is so delightful to read!! glad you two are enjoying it!
thingfyi 4 hours ago [-]
Very cool project! I also wonder if a web version is plausible. Are there any specific native app features in it?
headsupernova 2 hours ago [-]
the AR stuff leans heavily on ARkit and ARCore APIs but I think similar things are possible with web apis.
tectonic 9 hours ago [-]
This is very cool! Great use of augmented reality. Now have a narration mode that gives you LLM-based Roadside Geology explanations of what you’re seeing as you drive.
headsupernova 8 hours ago [-]
Somebody else is working on exactly that! check out Backseat Geologist
ballen 8 hours ago [-]
Very cool. Really like having the soils and quaternary layers for those us in the Midwest without a lot of bedrock exposure.
headsupernova 8 hours ago [-]
there are so many cool glacial stories (and more!) in the midwest! I'm trying to sort out how to better tell them in the app based on the available data.
assimpleaspossi 9 hours ago [-]
I don't see it on the Play Store for my Pixel 11. There are two marked "Outcrop" but not by these people.
No WAY I have wanted this exact thing all for years!!! I am so stoked to try this out later. This is so sick.
Got the test flight version installed no problem!
headsupernova 9 hours ago [-]
send some screenshots my way when you try it outside!
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RobotToaster 13 hours ago [-]
Whenever I try live view I get "tracking did not start. Try again" on android
headsupernova 10 hours ago [-]
oof sorry, thanks for reporting! I've got a limited set of phones to test on so this is super helpful. What is your device/android version?
RobotToaster 8 hours ago [-]
It's a old Doogee v31gt running android 13
Edit: It looks to be my phone, I just tried it again and it says "This phone can't do the motion tracking Live needs"
xaviermts 2 hours ago [-]
US only?
headsupernova 2 hours ago [-]
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hailwood1965 2 hours ago [-]
I hope to one day try it. I'm an hour south of Mpls. It would be interesting to use it on one of those super-deep gravel pits in rural Goodhue where one can see ten stories of earth. Good luck.
lightedman 10 hours ago [-]
This would be insanely awesome if I could add a data layer or two atop the geologic unit map. This combined with processed ASTER and LANDAST data overlaying the geologic units would make surficial mineralogy so much more exciting when you're out in the field.
headsupernova 9 hours ago [-]
hadn't seen ASTER data before this! looks like some really cool data! I'll look into adding it for sure
headsupernova 7 hours ago [-]
Shameless other project plug: if you have a flight coming up and are a window seat fan please try out https://flyovercountry.app ! it has a similar augmented reality view so you can figure out what you're seeing out the airplane window (and a bunch of other fun features)
tamimio 8 hours ago [-]
This is very interesting!! I just pointed at a landscape from a high ground and it said this river was formed around 460million years ago! Which it seems is that old in earth’s life!
headsupernova 8 hours ago [-]
it's more that the rocks underlying the river are that old! I wonder how I can make this distinction more clear.
Aeroi 7 hours ago [-]
atleast re-write your subheading "each rock named" most ai smelling shite ever.
seabass 2 hours ago [-]
It's always so disappointing. This looks genuinely cool, soured by all the little ai artifacts that get hard to look past, like "the circle names what it rests on".
headsupernova 55 minutes ago [-]
please keep listing these examples out it's genuinely helpful to hear what rings poorly to people. I've been focused on the app build in my spare time and don't have a ton of experience with marketing so the copy is def a relative afterthought and leans sloppy for sure.
headsupernova 5 hours ago [-]
fair enough
ZeroDayDreamer 6 hours ago [-]
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tomshafer 3 days ago [-]
Neat idea. Does it work offline? Up north there's often no signal, and I'd guess phone compass drift near steel bridges or cliffs would throw the overlay off too.
_Microft 2 days ago [-]
„The map and Live then work with no signal. Fossil finds and Live’s active faults still need a connection.“
rafram 4 hours ago [-]
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Rendered at 00:31:51 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) with Vercel.
For me at least, it would feel more intuitive to have the distant past on the left and the current date on the right. I'd also love an option to keep the current location centered while manually dragging the slider.
EDIT: Also, could optionally overlay lat/lon lines to help anchor the globe as it rotates? It's hard to understand the plate movements relative to the Earth.
When the page loads, it shows a blinking animation [1]. I didn't realize it was a loading an interactive background example. Perhaps load a default photo of the grand canyons and add a clock or something until the full version loads.
[1] In my phone in the subway, not a very good WiFi nearby.
Got the test flight version installed no problem!
Edit: It looks to be my phone, I just tried it again and it says "This phone can't do the motion tracking Live needs"