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Show HN: Share your location using Longitude.me
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#12It works good. Glympse is out there that is an advanced version of this, but I like this. I would like it better if it ran in the background. I'm not sure on battery use either. Did you use something that saves battery or is it constantly sending my location? Also an iPhone app that worked in the background that was smoother would be awesome. If you want some help on dev or design I'd love to help!
There's also Twist
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#13What a beautiful map - what service are you using for that?
Looks like a service called CloudMade: http://cloudmade.com/products/map-tiles
Yep, map tiles are from CloudMade! Map lib is Leaflet. I also made a Leaflet plugin for the user markers, which is on github: https://github.com/heyman/leaflet-usermarker
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#14It works good. Glympse is out there that is an advanced version of this, but I like this. I would like it better if it ran in the background. I'm not sure on battery use either. Did you use something that saves battery or is it constantly sending my location? Also an iPhone app that worked in the background that was smoother would be awesome. If you want some help on dev or design I'd love to help!
Yeah, it constantly sends your position while you look at the page. I also wish it worked in the background, but unfortunately I don't think it's possible. It stops updating your position when you exit the browser app, or if you lock the phone (at least on iOS). I might do an app (that goes against the same backend) in the future!
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#15Really, really nice. Can't count the number of times I've wanted something exactly like this. And beautful site and maps too. Great job!
Thank you! Happy you like it :)!