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Just do longitude and latitude. Show a map of the earth and let them drop a pin. There is no reasonable way to get the world to agree on a single list. I doubt
by donatj 9y ago
Just do longitude and latitude. Show a map of the earth and let them drop a pin.
There is no reasonable way to get the world to agree on a single list. I doubt you could get browser developers to agree on a single list. For example Apple listing Taiwan in Safari could get Apple kicked out of mainland China. There is simply too much politics here to be tenable.
- colanderman 9y agoHow do you propose visually impaired users use that interface?
- adtac 9y agoI know what we should do! A dropdown with every possible latitude and longitude combination.
- toxican 9y agoI think we can do better. You know those comically bad volume sliders that were all the rage on reddit earlier this year? Let's apply that to entire list of long/lats!
- pavel_lishin 9y agoWhat sort of precision are we talking about, here? If an input is interested in my place of birth, a precision of a square kilometer is typically sufficient. But if someone's asking me where I would like my stuff shipped, I would require a minimum of a square meter.
- marcosdumay 9y ago> But if someone's asking me where I would like my stuff shipped, I would require a minimum of a square meter. Well, don't forget an altitude combo, since apartments exist :)
- maxxxxx 9y agoI wonder how many people could find a country on a world map and drop a pin. I bet it's not too many.
- kuschku 9y agoDepends on the country they are from. In the EU, for example, I'd bet that everyone above the age of 12 could find their own country on a map
- maxxxxx 9y agoIn the US I am not so sure.
- beojan 9y agoIt would be much higher given it's their own country.
- pavel_lishin 9y agoYou might be horrifically surprised.
- rplnt 9y agoOrdered by their product. I kid you not, that is how Fedora/Gnome had ordered resolution selection dropdown - by the total number of pixels.
- Touche 9y agoYou're overestimating the education levels of more people than you realize.
- dmitriid 9y ago- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Location_Code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Location_Code - http://www.mapcode.com http://www.mapcode.com
- tangue 9y agoThis would be great. For the political reason you've mentionned but also because for some countries there is no real conventions : you have to scan the whole list to select your country : I don't know how many hours of my life I've wasted looking for the various possibilities to name where I live " reunion / reunion island / la reunion / ile de la reunion / france la reunion / dom-tom reunion / french oversea territory reunion" Of course it's a edge case but your solution would be welcomed here. This is a great idea
- edent 9y agoIt's an interesting idea - but what about people who live close to a border? You have to zoom in quite far in to adequately find, say, Monaco.
- pjc50 9y agoThis is roughly why the Linux timezone picker refers to cities instead of countries.