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Re: Show HN: All SF Scooters on One Map

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Post by steadicat »

chrisseaton wrote: post #8
gkoberger wrote: post #4

The site is down now so I can't really try it (oh no!), but I'd love something like this. I have no brand loyalty, and I hate switching between apps. Some feature requests: * Better mobile support * Filtering (for example, I don't want bikes.. just scooters) * Maybe I'm alone on this, but I'd rather color coding show the company rather than the battery * Is there a way to deep-link to the specific app's "Ride" screen…

Why do you want to see the company as a priority if you have no brand loyalty?

Loyalty != preference. I bet parent – like me – has a preference for the better scooters and software (Bird) over the shitty ones (Lime), but he’ll grab a Lime if no Bird is nearby.

Re: Show HN: All SF Scooters on One Map

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Post by MrMorden »

acsands13 wrote: post #10
gkoberger wrote: post #4

The site is down now so I can't really try it (oh no!), but I'd love something like this. I have no brand loyalty, and I hate switching between apps. Some feature requests: * Better mobile support * Filtering (for example, I don't want bikes.. just scooters) * Maybe I'm alone on this, but I'd rather color coding show the company rather than the battery * Is there a way to deep-link to the specific app's "Ride" screen…

Based on these features you might like Migo ( https://www.getmigo.com/ ). Not affiliated with them in any way, just a user of the app. Cool Show HN though! Can now check scooter locations in the browser, as well as on mobile.

Wait, the fungi from Yuggoth are doing app development now?

Re: Show HN: All SF Scooters on One Map

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Post by steadicat »

acsands13 wrote: post #10
gkoberger wrote: post #4

The site is down now so I can't really try it (oh no!), but I'd love something like this. I have no brand loyalty, and I hate switching between apps. Some feature requests: * Better mobile support * Filtering (for example, I don't want bikes.. just scooters) * Maybe I'm alone on this, but I'd rather color coding show the company rather than the battery * Is there a way to deep-link to the specific app's "Ride" screen…

Based on these features you might like Migo ( https://www.getmigo.com/ ). Not affiliated with them in any way, just a user of the app. Cool Show HN though! Can now check scooter locations in the browser, as well as on mobile.

Migo doesn’t seem to have Bird. Transit has all three: https://medium.com/@transitapp/welcome-to-scootopia-we-now-a...

Re: Show HN: All SF Scooters on One Map

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Post by gkoberger »

steadicat wrote: post #11
chrisseaton wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why do you want to see the company as a priority if you have no brand loyalty?

Loyalty != preference. I bet parent – like me – has a preference for the better scooters and software (Bird) over the shitty ones (Lime), but he’ll grab a Lime if no Bird is nearby.

That's exactly it. I'll always take a Bird (or Spin) over a Lime, but it's a judgement call (distance, battery, etc).

Compared to, say, Uber vs Lyft, in which I personally refuse to use Uber no matter what.

Re: Show HN: All SF Scooters on One Map

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Post by wferrell »

FriedPickles wrote: post #3
pilingual wrote: post #2

Nice. How much delay is there on the scooter/bike location?

Data is currently refreshed every 3 minutes, and I'm working to increase the frequency further.

@FriedPickles - Where/how are you getting the data? Anything you would be willing to share?

Re: Show HN: All SF Scooters on One Map

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Post by michaelrbock »

gkoberger wrote: post #4

The site is down now so I can't really try it (oh no!), but I'd love something like this. I have no brand loyalty, and I hate switching between apps. Some feature requests: * Better mobile support * Filtering (for example, I don't want bikes.. just scooters) * Maybe I'm alone on this, but I'd rather color coding show the company rather than the battery * Is there a way to deep-link to the specific app's "Ride" screen…

https://transitapp.com/ has almost exactly what you're looking for on mobile.

Re: Show HN: All SF Scooters on One Map

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Post by daniel_levine »

wferrell wrote: post #17
FriedPickles wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Data is currently refreshed every 3 minutes, and I'm working to increase the frequency further.

@FriedPickles - Where/how are you getting the data? Anything you would be willing to share?

my assumption would be private APIs he's figuring out by MITM'ing mobile network traffic
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