I clicked on it, after approving the use of my location, I see a totally empty map of the approximate area that I live in... am I missing something? I tried search and it said it couldn't find the location, not sure what I was supposed to put in the search bar (an address? search term?)
One thing we weren't sure of was whether to automatically populate the map when you arrive. So by default it will just try to locate you (on the desktop edition) then you need to actually search. Do you think it would be better to auto load your local data?
1) When I drag the map, it didn't follow me with chatter
2) You should link your logo (what's with the "done" button?)
3) On google maps, when you click on a marker, it highlights the sidebar, maybe you should do that?
4) Might as well add a get directions button?
5) How about the little yellow guy?
What this mostly did for me was drive home the point that non-geeks don't really use Foursquare all that much. Kinda embarassing to notice that I know almost half of the people behind checkins in my little 80000 ppl town. Thanks for putting the foursquare hype in perspective for me.
I think that is true to a large extent. I think it also shows that many people don't turn on location in twitter (as it is off by default this is no surprise)
We do think there is room for a location based service for sharing information that isn't about check-ins, and gaming mechanisms. That's what we're trying to do anyway...
It put's my location in rural Algeria (I'm in Nottingham, UK).
It does this even if I check the 'share my location with geosay.com' type warning that Firefox provides.
With Chrome & Opera it again puts my location in rural Algeria, however clicking on 'Share location' narrows it down to a map of the whole of the UK (better, but still not too useful).
Saying that, I don't think it's a problem with your site, as clicking on the 'show my location' button (above the streetview guy) in Google maps can't find me either and I'm guessing you're using the same google maps API to do your lookups.
On that note, would you mind talking about what you use to store the data, efficiently query it etc?
I am in the nascent phases of developing a location based app, but have gotten stuck in trying to figure out a good way to store the data. Currently cassandra is the top contender.
There are 2 lookups. If you say "yes" to share my location in firefox then it uses the browser's navigator.geolocation functionality. If you say no, it uses MaxMind's geoIP service (see http://www.maxmind.com/)
We try and get a real geo lookup from your browser basically using HTML 5 JS if your browser supports. If you have gears it will fall back to that, if I remember correctly that is!, then it will go to maxmind.com javascript service to try and find you.
I clicked the link and got a prompt to install Chrome. I understand that you might be using some Chrome-specific (HTML5-specific, whatever) features, but throwing out potential user without even showing what he's missing is not cool. Why not to show some demo/screenshots page in case of not supported browser and only then prompt to upgrade?
Actually it's a prompt to install Google Chrome Frame (http://code.google.com/chrome/chromeframe/) in Internet Explorer.
I agree that the experience for IE users could be better. (We support Firefox, Safari and Chrome on the desktop right now)
Initially it didn't bring anything up for my hometown (quite small but there are some foursquare users) but after going to my uni city and back again it actually brought up a surprising amount of stuff. There's a business networking group and a hidden cafe nearby!
Thank us both. If the comment originated at Foursquare, of course that is down to them, but there is much less friction to finding the data on geosay (IMO)
I think it is super interesting because I doubt those buildings would end up on foursquare. We want this to become a place for local information that doesn't have to be bar or restaurant focussed.
Yes. You should be able to find all sorts of stuff. Whilst right now it mainly collects from foursquare tips and geolocated tweets it can also permanently store tweets marked #geosay on geosay.com There is also an iphone/android mobile version that kicks in if you browse using one of those devices.
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1) When I drag the map, it didn't follow me with chatter 2) You should link your logo (what's with the "done" button?) 3) On google maps, when you click on a marker, it highlights the sidebar, maybe you should do that? 4) Might as well add a get directions button? 5) How about the little yellow guy?
Cool stuff.
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1) Agreed - we should make it do that (there are reasons that it is a little tricky - but not insurmountable)
2) Agreed
3) Agreed
4) The mobile version has that. As desktop locations seem a lot less accurate, I wonder what the true utility of that in the desktop versi0n would be.
5) "Little yellow guy" - erm - what little yellow guy (am I missing something?)
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We do think there is room for a location based service for sharing information that isn't about check-ins, and gaming mechanisms. That's what we're trying to do anyway...
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It put's my location in rural Algeria (I'm in Nottingham, UK). It does this even if I check the 'share my location with geosay.com' type warning that Firefox provides.
With Chrome & Opera it again puts my location in rural Algeria, however clicking on 'Share location' narrows it down to a map of the whole of the UK (better, but still not too useful).
Saying that, I don't think it's a problem with your site, as clicking on the 'show my location' button (above the streetview guy) in Google maps can't find me either and I'm guessing you're using the same google maps API to do your lookups.
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I am in the nascent phases of developing a location based app, but have gotten stuck in trying to figure out a good way to store the data. Currently cassandra is the top contender.
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Populate the map when you get my location, otherwise I think the app is broken.
A search for Bloomington, IN (verbatim) got me a tweet for Bloomington, IL. You don't want the same problem for cities like Brown or Jackson.
Maybe get rid of the left sidebar altogether? It's just redundant.
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