TE
TechEcho
Home24h TopNewestBestAskShowJobs
GitHubTwitter
Home

TechEcho

A tech news platform built with Next.js, providing global tech news and discussions.

GitHubTwitter

Home

HomeNewestBestAskShowJobs

Resources

HackerNews APIOriginal HackerNewsNext.js

© 2025 TechEcho. All rights reserved.

Friend builds app to help find climbers lost in Peru

32 pointsby hamfalmost 13 years ago

7 comments

Foyalmost 13 years ago
This is really cool except that I have no idea what any of these things would look like from a satellite image.<p>Could you possibly have "examples" of a base camp / avalanche / etc?<p>I can't tell if something is an avalanche or just a river / runoff.<p>Best of luck finding your friends!
评论 #4304820 未加载
评论 #4305624 未加载
leberwurstsaftalmost 13 years ago
I'm quite amazed that this is even possible to do, as it needs recent satellite imagery both from after they allegedly hiked there and from shortly before, to be able to make comparisons.<p>Is there some place where one can check the recency of all the available sources of satellite imagery from all over the world?
Stratoscopealmost 13 years ago
Sad news: the lost climbers, Gil and Ben, have been found dead. (See OP link for more.)
tymekpavelalmost 13 years ago
It'd be helpful if the navigation didn't obscure the entire top left corner of the map.
评论 #4305464 未加载
zachinglisalmost 13 years ago
This is great. Really clever idea.<p>But the Space bar for showing before/after doesn't work on Safari or Chrome.
brentvatnealmost 13 years ago
Sign up? Why can't I just browse it anonymously?
评论 #4304852 未加载
hogualmost 13 years ago
space bar doesn't seem to work for me (ubuntu, firefox and chrome)