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incorrect location by about 15 kms
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Sure 13-24-90
Huh - cool. We're actually in the same country, just about 40 miles apart.
Nice to know there are some local (ish) HNrs
Small quibble, but could you make it so the hyphens in the code aren't necessary? (or at least so you don't have to manually type them) 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
You need to make unique codes for same locations.
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…
How many users do you have now ? how many requests per day ? It's a nice tool, maybe some marketing ? What you used to create the site ? nice design !
We haven't tried any marketing, we're not even sure what niche we're serving still.
It's built using Django, although I'm probably going to rewrite it to use either node or Tornado + web sockets. It's kind of a hodgepodge implementation right now that was built just as a proof of concept to start.
-Why using a code and not just giving coordinates?
-Not really accurate for me, 2 km away. I know that its not on your side it has to do with my IP. To obtain the coordinates have you tried another geoip service besides Google Maps? Like maxmind database (http://www.maxmind.com)?
-Why using a code and not simply a URL (ex.: http://nearfeed.com/667568 )? It will be less manipulation then having to copy/paste the code in a textbox. -Why using a code and not just giving coordinates? -Not really accurate for me, 2 km away. I know that its not on your side it has to do with my IP. To obtain the coordinates have you tried another geoip service besides Google Maps? Like maxmind database ( http://www…
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FYI: Glympse already does this with a pretty UI and all.
The point of this tool is to be extremely simple (no accounts or login). Continuous tracking is often useful but it kills batteries and raises some additional privacy concerns.
13-16-95, 64-67-64. You need to make unique codes for same locations.