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Git hits for github: are you awesome enough to be in the top 10 in your city?

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Re: Git hits for github: are you awesome enough to be in the top 10 in your city?

#31

Are the results for "New York, NY" not mapped to "New York City"? Otherwise I'd be on at least two of those lists. I've never actually tried searching by networks in their api, only by language+filters. Otherwise, looks nifty.

"New York, NY" is not. I have the data, but in that case, I can't tell if you are actually in the city. You can always append NYC to your current location :) I'm open to other possible suggestions.

Re: Git hits for github: are you awesome enough to be in the top 10 in your city?

#33

Are the results for "New York, NY" not mapped to "New York City"? Otherwise I'd be on at least two of those lists. I've never actually tried searching by networks in their api, only by language+filters. Otherwise, looks nifty.

"New York, NY" is not. I have the data, but in that case, I can't tell if you are actually in the city. You can always append NYC to your current location :) I'm open to other possible suggestions.

I'd like to think that "New York, New York" and "New York, NY" are pretty much synonymous for "New York City".

Re: Git hits for github: are you awesome enough to be in the top 10 in your city?

#34
post #15

So, evidently, it doesn't do any proximity analysis. I listed my location as "Limerick, PA, US", which is outside Philadelphia. It'd be interesting to add that capability.

Totally, I would love it add that. I actually have all PA data already.

That would sweet. Checking out Phoenix (interesting choice of city to include, BTW) I saw github names of people I know, but who, like me, don't live or work in Phoenix, but in neighboring towns. I'm guessing they (like many) opted for placing themselves in the nearest largest city.

Me, I went for Scottsdale, which borders Phoenix. "metro area" searches would be a very cool addition.

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