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Fun little tool. Have you thought about letting users select a location on a map and then generating a code to send out? Could be used to make interesting Geo-games amongst friends or have a code that reveals a location of a secret party! This could be used for businesses to embed in their site, and when they send out advertisements with a code, users would have to log on to their site and get the secret location.
Could you provide a use case for this tool? It seems to work, but its value isn't plainly clear to me. (I'm sure you had a cool reason to create it -- I just want to know what that reason was!) [edit] Based on the use case provided, I think that a very simple change could be made that would increase the value tremendously: generate, as well as the code, a randomized link that can be more easily sent to others through…
I tried it with the message "What's all this about then?" and it barfed due to the single quote.
> We're sorry. Your browser does not allow > us to retrieve your current location. Well, I guess that was inevitable for me. On all three of the browsers I use. It seems like a fun little tool, but I can't play. 8-( Anyone care to publish here the codes it generates for them?
Could you provide a use case for this tool? It seems to work, but its value isn't plainly clear to me. (I'm sure you had a cool reason to create it -- I just want to know what that reason was!) [edit] Based on the use case provided, I think that a very simple change could be made that would increase the value tremendously: generate, as well as the code, a randomized link that can be more easily sent to others through…
Thanks for the feedback so far. I'm often in a situation where I need to tell someone where I am in a strange location (moved to a new city - coordinating with friends). This involves finding a street sign (which aren't always visible). Geolocation solves that part of the problem. I imagine that speaking a sequence of three codes over a phone is relatively easy. I wish I could make it a single 2-digit number or perha…
This is similar to my weekend project http://mobileply.com although I currently have sequential IDs not codes. I'm soon going to implement unique codes like this. Mobileply would actually do real time tracking too. We could never find a way to make money from this type of app. It always seemed that the use case only would come up a few times a year and people would never remember your service over others. What were y…
It's a nice tool, maybe some marketing ?
What you used to create the site ? nice design !
> We're sorry. Your browser does not allow > us to retrieve your current location. Well, I guess that was inevitable for me. On all three of the browsers I use. It seems like a fun little tool, but I can't play. 8-( Anyone care to publish here the codes it generates for them?
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Thanks for the feedback so far. I'm often in a situation where I need to tell someone where I am in a strange location (moved to a new city - coordinating with friends). This involves finding a street sign (which aren't always visible). Geolocation solves that part of the problem. I imagine that speaking a sequence of three codes over a phone is relatively easy. I wish I could make it a single 2-digit number or perha…
I think you've found a good problem, but I honestly think this is a very narrow solution. If anything people are going to be text messaging their locations to one another, not speaking them over the phone, in which case you'd just send a link. If they are on a call there's no guarantee that both parties can use data while talking.
Oh and it was deadly accurate when I tried on iPad. I could see this being useful if you've lost track of people at a carnival or something