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Where the fuck is this

111 points by albertzeyer 15y ago

lpolovets 15y ago
Domain names with curse words in them are a big turn off for me. I'm not going to share this on Facebook, forward this to my friends, etc... even though it's a pretty cool idea. Other than the domain name, it seems like there's an incentive to post if you want a place identified, but little incentive to identify places. Something like badges ("world traveler", "Canada expert", etc.) or a wall-of-fame could be good incentives.
- breckinloggins 15y ago
  Agreed, though I like the humor. How about having a domain alias that's a bit more polite and, when the site detects that you've come via that domain, tones down the language on the site? Also, could it use something like TinEye to try and find probable matches with geotags?
- 18pfsmt 15y ago
  Being offended by words deemed arbitrarily offensive by society doesn't seem logical to me. I realize that within professional circles this might be an issue, but I can't find a reason within personal circles unless we are talking about when interacting with children. I apologize, but your comment comes off as quite prudish, and I think getting hung up on a name is shortsighted.
  - shin_lao 15y ago
    I also dislike the use of curse words in some contexts, and that is a context where I find it inappropriate. Sorry if it sounds illogical to you, but you must accept people's sensitivity might be different from yours.
    - 18pfsmt 15y ago
      I guess my point was that the response appears emotional (as can be seen from the mentioning of sensitivity; sensitivity is emotional in nature by definition, I believe). and not logical. When I was about 11 years old in the 80s, my brother and I invented words to use as our own 'bad' words with similar phonetics to popular 'bad' words because our father had such an issue with our usage of such vocabulary. While nostalgic at this point, it seems like a waste of time to spend any effort on such a thing in retrospect. Edit: Grammar and clarity.
  - Aloisius 15y ago
    I'm not offended, but I do find it crude and unprofessional. And it really doesn't matter if it is logical. It is reality and if you want users, you have to work the existing system.
  - yock 15y ago
    There are generally legitimate reasons for various words to be regarded as crude or offensive. Often enough that is the very intention behind a word. Not being offended by them, or at least claiming so, is not a mark of enlightenment. Nor is being offended by them something for which to be shamed. I'm with the OP, domains with foul language don't hit my sharing feeds and I'm not likely to make it a habit of frequenting the site.
    - 18pfsmt 15y ago
      I'm with the OP, domains with foul language don't hit my sharing feeds and I'm not likely to make it a habit of frequenting the site. While that may be true for you, my point is that I believe that to be a shortsighted view. It will almost certainly reduce your chances of finding some interesting material. Maybe the trade-off doesn't matter to you, and I certainly can appreciate that, but a trade-off is being made.
  - xiaoma 15y ago
    From a logical standpoint it still doesn't make any sense. Do the pictures have anything to do with fucking? No, they don't. Is there anything particularly curse-worthy or even startling about them? Nope. They're a bunch of random boring places. Putting "fuck" in the domain name adds nothing and it makes me less likely to share links with some people who's sensibilities matter to me. My grandmother is one such person. She's one of the few people I'm close to that would really appreciate the functionality of this site, but it's just not the kind of domain name she'd be comfortable going to.
    - gnaritas 15y ago
      The word fuck doesn't always refer to fucking, it's a generic adjective that adds emphasis to anything and is common language for a huge part of the population. Most people don't even realize when they curse because words are words. You're being prude!
      - gojomo 15y ago
        You're being prude! You're being obtuse. The taboo around certain words in certain contexts is a consensus that serves a purpose. You can use them and receive certain extra attention, but also lose other people to distraction. Like others, I have no problem with using this myself, but wouldn't pass it on to a general audience. If I were to do so, I would signal that I am careless and casual with the use of the word 'fuck', when it is too important of a word to devalue so. If the creator's goal is to limit adoption to a certain audience, the use of 'fuck' is a good idea. If they want wider adoption, it isn't. Both are valid choices.
        gnaritas 15y ago
        > The taboo around certain words in certain contexts is a consensus that serves a purpose. You can use them and receive certain extra attention, but also lose other people to distraction. Sure, and in this case, good riddance to them. Anyone who avoids sharing this app because of the word fuck has zero sense of humor and isn't the target audience. Anyone who critiques it for the word fuck, isn't the fucking target audience. There is nothing wrong with the word fuck in non fucking formal circumstances, even to a general audience. There are times not to use the word fuck; this isn't fucking one of them.
  - lpolovets 15y ago
    My comment does say something about me, but part of the problem is not just what I think, but what I predict my friends would think. I would not share something on Facebook if I expected it to offend 20-30% of my friends. There are plenty of uses of the f-word that I find funny, witty, or appropriate, but this is simply not one of them. (NSFW humor: http://justin.justnet.com.au/rudestuff/uses-of-the-word-fuck.html http://justin.justnet.com.au/rudestuff/uses-of-the-word-fuck...)
    - 18pfsmt 15y ago
      So, your point is that your decisions are driven by what your friends might think, rather than what _you_ think?
      - lpolovets 15y ago
        When it comes to sharing things with my friends en masse? Definitely.
      - waterlesscloud 15y ago
        Yes, since the entire point of sharing something with them would be that I think it's something they might enjoy. It would be completely valid in this case to consider what they might think.
        18pfsmt 15y ago
        Interesting. My perspective is that I share things my friends and family might find useful, but potential for enjoyment is not a factor.
  - scott_s 15y ago
    Logic has nothing to do with it. People have emotional responses to certain words. Arguing that it's not a "logical" reaction misses the point.
- mtogo 15y ago
  Domain names with curse words in them are a big turn off for me. I think that's more of an issue with yourself than it is with the domain name. I would venture to guess that most people on HN are not offended by arbitrary words and would be fine sharing this with their friends. There's no problem with being offended by swear words, but it's not a problem with the app either.
  - waterlesscloud 15y ago
    It's going to limit its spread. I personally don't have a problem with it (though I think it's somewhat immature in this context), but I'm also not going to share it on social networks as I might have otherwise done.
    - gnaritas 15y ago
      Then perhaps you aren't the target audience. I wouldn't ever let a curse word stop me from sharing something, it may even encourage it!
  - synnik 15y ago
    But who are you targeting as your audience? Just HN? Really?? The comments clearly show that even a portion of HN is offended. And doesn't every single startup want the largest audience possible? It seems horribly short-sighted to make decisions based on what HN thinks.
    - mtogo 15y ago
      But who are you targeting as your audience? Just HN? Really?? This isn't my project, i hadn't even heard of it until it was posted today. The comments clearly show that even a portion of HN is offended. And doesn't every single startup want the largest audience possible? A portion of people are going to be offended at everything. Frankly, if i was starting a company it'd be nice to get rid of the easily offended people right off the bat, as they're the biggest complainers. And no, you don't want the largest audience. A smaller but loyal audience is going to do a company more good in the long run, and the word 'fuck' helps weed out the non-loyal, easily offended people that aren't going to do a startup any good. Finally, i used HN as an example. You can use all the people in the first world if you'd like, and i'd still make an educated guess that a tiny portion of them have so thin a skin as to be offended by a word in a domain name.
- mikhael 15y ago
  The problem is that the "fuck" here really has nothing to do with the app. It would add some amount of shock and emphasis to the question ("where is this?") but there is nothing shocking or surprising about the images, so it's just oddly out of place.
  - RobAtticus 15y ago
    I think it's to convey exasperation. Like somebody has been looking all over for info but cant find it, so they finally get fed up and decide to crowd source the answer.
- rdl 15y ago
  I don't generally (fucking :) care about curse words, but I agree it could limit adoption. They should at least have a secondary url like "wheretfisthis.com" (available; almost grabbed it for them) or wherethefsckisthis.com and censor the titles; same userbase, same pics, just a different presentation. Also probably would help if they want to do an iOS app. Edgy is useful too, so they should keep the current branding too.
  - rkalla 15y ago
    I registered "upmyownass.com" years ago for a comedy writing site. Everyone I told about it assumed it was hardcore gay porn. Mom: "What... what kinds of things do you put on that site?" Me: "Funny stuff" Mom: "Oh... like gross-funny?" Me: "Oh god, no no... funny articles, I write sarcastic articles." Mom: "We love you no matter what" Me: <appropriate meme-face here>
    - albertzeyer 15y ago
      'Where the fuck is this' cannot really be misunderstood in such a way, though. :)
  - Finbarr 15y ago
    Really like the concept, but I think the name will definitely hinder growth. There are plenty of .coms available that perfectly describe the purpose of the app without profanity.
- MostAwesomeDude 15y ago
  As somebody that routinely carries around a netbook with a big "FREE SOFTWARE FUCK YEAH" sticker on it, I feel obligated to say: I completely and totally understand your sentiment but must respectfully disagree with your opinion in an explicit but reasonable fashion.
- gnoupi 15y ago
  Besides, my company for example filters such words in URLs (and logs any such attempt), so I wouldn't be able to see this site from there with such a name.
pavel_lishin 15y ago
What does it take to change a status? http://wherethefuckisthis.com/wtf_main/view/687/ http://wherethefuckisthis.com/wtf_main/view/687/ has apparently been identified, but it's still listed as "Not yet located".
- tingletech 15y ago
  It takes for them to manually verify that it has been located "We check every comment and do research on the suggested places. If your suggestion or pin is correct we'll mark the spot as located! Remember: We are a small team, it could take some time to check all your comments and pins. Please be patient :)" http://wherethefuckisthis.com/wtf_main/faq http://wherethefuckisthis.com/wtf_main/faq
- sjs 15y ago
  That is just amazing. Location is everything.
infinity 15y ago
It would be a very good idea to specify the width and height attributes of the image elements in the markup of the overview pages. All the cropped images have the same dimensions, but width and height have not been set. Some pictures take a lot of time to load right now or are unavailable. The browser does not know the size of the image in advance, so the layout looks somewhat broken and keeps moving when new pictures are finally downloaded. Maybe there are many visitors on this site at the moment, I have seen some "Service is unavailable" errors.
athst 15y ago
Really cool - for some reason attaching geolocation to abstract pictures make them seem so much more real and interesting. Seems to be cracking a little under HN traffic?
- infinity 15y ago
  But not having some form of geolocation can also add some mystery to a picture, making it more interesting in another way. But I like the idea to ask people via the internet where a certain photo was made. I have sometimes wondered where some interesting looking location, that I have seen on a photo, can be found. One problem with an internet community based solution could be copyright, if people are allowed to submit arbitrary scans of copyrighted material for identification. Some pages were unavailable for me, server timeout error.
  - 18pfsmt 15y ago
    I've had quite a good time browsing Google Maps with the photo layer turned on, while looking at remote places with which I am familiar (mostly the Colorado River and Rio Grande, but also Caribbean islands). But it would be nice to be able to pull in more 3rd party data like these photos within the maps interface.
aw3c2 15y ago
I have a hard time understanding its purpose. I am guessing that it is meant for people to upload pictures for which they want to find out the location?
- tingletech 15y ago
  yes, that is basically what their FAQ says http://wherethefuckisthis.com/wtf_main/faq http://wherethefuckisthis.com/wtf_main/faq
- ent 15y ago
  Probably more for people who find pictures of cool places online without info of where it was taken.
AndreasReis 15y ago
this looks like a better way to do it: http://fotons.com/ http://fotons.com/ Found it on Reddit.
melvinng 15y ago
lol, how ironic: "Service is unavailable" WherethefuckisthisWEBSITE?
apu 15y ago
One of the recent "hot" topics in computer vision is solving this problem automatically. It was started, I think, by the IM2GPS [1] paper, and has since been taken up by many different groups. As you might imagine, it's a very challenging problem, and at very best people seem to be getting around 30% accuracy, on easier-than-normal datasets. [1] http://graphics.cs.cmu.edu/projects/im2gps/ http://graphics.cs.cmu.edu/projects/im2gps/
- albertzeyer 15y ago
  Automatization was the first thing I thought about when I saw this site. Good to have some reference about some research about exactly this topic. I also thought about http://images.google.com/ http://images.google.com/ (where you can also search by image now). Some people told in some of the comments that they had success by just using that.
psb 15y ago
Interesting expansion of the "view from your window" series that Andrew Sullivan does. I think it would be cool to see where previous users have guessed on a google map.
- spot 15y ago
  yea they should have given credit, it's pretty much a knockoff.
liedra 15y ago
This looks absolutely terrible in Firefox on Bodhi (Ubuntu) Linux. I like the concept though!
slowcpu 15y ago
The domain name is more appropriate for a pornographic site than for a serious application.
minikomi 15y ago
I thought it would be crowd sourced suggestions for when you lose your keys... 45% found them on top of their toilet 20% under the bed etc.
Mz 15y ago
I have to agree with the criticisms of the gratuitous swearing. I swear like a sailor in person (and keep trying to tell my foul-mouthed younger son to get a better roll model than me) but I try hard most of the time to keep my online stuff "PG 13-ish". In my mind, the F word doesn't meet that standard.
HN_Addict 15y ago
The copyright notice blocks the links to the rest of the site for me (Latest Chrome, Mac 10.6): http://i.imgur.com/XU41V.png http://i.imgur.com/XU41V.png I'm surprised no one else reported this, so it might be a trickier bug.
joekarma 15y ago
I might as well point out that whether because of "fuck" or in spite of it, this website has made it to the front page. I'd wager the commenters lobbing posts at this page in defense of their dainty sensibilities are representatives of the vocal minority. Also, they are probably advocates of profanity filters and, given free reign in a community, will murder natural discourse.
bb1990 15y ago
hey guys, they just launched where-is-this.com

111 points by albertzeyer 15y ago

Domain names with curse words in them are a big turn off for me. I'm not going to share this on Facebook, forward this to my friends, etc... even though it's a pretty cool idea. Other than the domain name, it seems like there's an incentive to post if you want a place identified, but little incentive to identify places. Something like badges ("world traveler", "Canada expert", etc.) or a wall-of-fame could be good incentives.

breckinloggins 15y ago
Agreed, though I like the humor. How about having a domain alias that's a bit more polite and, when the site detects that you've come via that domain, tones down the language on the site? Also, could it use something like TinEye to try and find probable matches with geotags?
18pfsmt 15y ago
Being offended by words deemed arbitrarily offensive by society doesn't seem logical to me. I realize that within professional circles this might be an issue, but I can't find a reason within personal circles unless we are talking about when interacting with children. I apologize, but your comment comes off as quite prudish, and I think getting hung up on a name is shortsighted.
- shin_lao 15y ago
  I also dislike the use of curse words in some contexts, and that is a context where I find it inappropriate. Sorry if it sounds illogical to you, but you must accept people's sensitivity might be different from yours.
  - 18pfsmt 15y ago
    I guess my point was that the response appears emotional (as can be seen from the mentioning of sensitivity; sensitivity is emotional in nature by definition, I believe). and not logical. When I was about 11 years old in the 80s, my brother and I invented words to use as our own 'bad' words with similar phonetics to popular 'bad' words because our father had such an issue with our usage of such vocabulary. While nostalgic at this point, it seems like a waste of time to spend any effort on such a thing in retrospect. Edit: Grammar and clarity.
- Aloisius 15y ago
  I'm not offended, but I do find it crude and unprofessional. And it really doesn't matter if it is logical. It is reality and if you want users, you have to work the existing system.
- yock 15y ago
  There are generally legitimate reasons for various words to be regarded as crude or offensive. Often enough that is the very intention behind a word. Not being offended by them, or at least claiming so, is not a mark of enlightenment. Nor is being offended by them something for which to be shamed. I'm with the OP, domains with foul language don't hit my sharing feeds and I'm not likely to make it a habit of frequenting the site.
  - 18pfsmt 15y ago
    I'm with the OP, domains with foul language don't hit my sharing feeds and I'm not likely to make it a habit of frequenting the site. While that may be true for you, my point is that I believe that to be a shortsighted view. It will almost certainly reduce your chances of finding some interesting material. Maybe the trade-off doesn't matter to you, and I certainly can appreciate that, but a trade-off is being made.
- xiaoma 15y ago
  From a logical standpoint it still doesn't make any sense. Do the pictures have anything to do with fucking? No, they don't. Is there anything particularly curse-worthy or even startling about them? Nope. They're a bunch of random boring places. Putting "fuck" in the domain name adds nothing and it makes me less likely to share links with some people who's sensibilities matter to me. My grandmother is one such person. She's one of the few people I'm close to that would really appreciate the functionality of this site, but it's just not the kind of domain name she'd be comfortable going to.
  - gnaritas 15y ago
    The word fuck doesn't always refer to fucking, it's a generic adjective that adds emphasis to anything and is common language for a huge part of the population. Most people don't even realize when they curse because words are words. You're being prude!
    - gojomo 15y ago
      You're being prude! You're being obtuse. The taboo around certain words in certain contexts is a consensus that serves a purpose. You can use them and receive certain extra attention, but also lose other people to distraction. Like others, I have no problem with using this myself, but wouldn't pass it on to a general audience. If I were to do so, I would signal that I am careless and casual with the use of the word 'fuck', when it is too important of a word to devalue so. If the creator's goal is to limit adoption to a certain audience, the use of 'fuck' is a good idea. If they want wider adoption, it isn't. Both are valid choices.
      - gnaritas 15y ago
        > The taboo around certain words in certain contexts is a consensus that serves a purpose. You can use them and receive certain extra attention, but also lose other people to distraction. Sure, and in this case, good riddance to them. Anyone who avoids sharing this app because of the word fuck has zero sense of humor and isn't the target audience. Anyone who critiques it for the word fuck, isn't the fucking target audience. There is nothing wrong with the word fuck in non fucking formal circumstances, even to a general audience. There are times not to use the word fuck; this isn't fucking one of them.
- lpolovets 15y ago
  My comment does say something about me, but part of the problem is not just what I think, but what I predict my friends would think. I would not share something on Facebook if I expected it to offend 20-30% of my friends. There are plenty of uses of the f-word that I find funny, witty, or appropriate, but this is simply not one of them. (NSFW humor: http://justin.justnet.com.au/rudestuff/uses-of-the-word-fuck.html http://justin.justnet.com.au/rudestuff/uses-of-the-word-fuck...)
  - 18pfsmt 15y ago
    So, your point is that your decisions are driven by what your friends might think, rather than what _you_ think?
    - lpolovets 15y ago
      When it comes to sharing things with my friends en masse? Definitely.
    - waterlesscloud 15y ago
      Yes, since the entire point of sharing something with them would be that I think it's something they might enjoy. It would be completely valid in this case to consider what they might think.
      - 18pfsmt 15y ago
        Interesting. My perspective is that I share things my friends and family might find useful, but potential for enjoyment is not a factor.
- scott_s 15y ago
  Logic has nothing to do with it. People have emotional responses to certain words. Arguing that it's not a "logical" reaction misses the point.
mtogo 15y ago
Domain names with curse words in them are a big turn off for me. I think that's more of an issue with yourself than it is with the domain name. I would venture to guess that most people on HN are not offended by arbitrary words and would be fine sharing this with their friends. There's no problem with being offended by swear words, but it's not a problem with the app either.
- waterlesscloud 15y ago
  It's going to limit its spread. I personally don't have a problem with it (though I think it's somewhat immature in this context), but I'm also not going to share it on social networks as I might have otherwise done.
  - gnaritas 15y ago
    Then perhaps you aren't the target audience. I wouldn't ever let a curse word stop me from sharing something, it may even encourage it!
- synnik 15y ago
  But who are you targeting as your audience? Just HN? Really?? The comments clearly show that even a portion of HN is offended. And doesn't every single startup want the largest audience possible? It seems horribly short-sighted to make decisions based on what HN thinks.
  - mtogo 15y ago
    But who are you targeting as your audience? Just HN? Really?? This isn't my project, i hadn't even heard of it until it was posted today. The comments clearly show that even a portion of HN is offended. And doesn't every single startup want the largest audience possible? A portion of people are going to be offended at everything. Frankly, if i was starting a company it'd be nice to get rid of the easily offended people right off the bat, as they're the biggest complainers. And no, you don't want the largest audience. A smaller but loyal audience is going to do a company more good in the long run, and the word 'fuck' helps weed out the non-loyal, easily offended people that aren't going to do a startup any good. Finally, i used HN as an example. You can use all the people in the first world if you'd like, and i'd still make an educated guess that a tiny portion of them have so thin a skin as to be offended by a word in a domain name.
mikhael 15y ago
The problem is that the "fuck" here really has nothing to do with the app. It would add some amount of shock and emphasis to the question ("where is this?") but there is nothing shocking or surprising about the images, so it's just oddly out of place.
- RobAtticus 15y ago
  I think it's to convey exasperation. Like somebody has been looking all over for info but cant find it, so they finally get fed up and decide to crowd source the answer.
rdl 15y ago
I don't generally (fucking :) care about curse words, but I agree it could limit adoption. They should at least have a secondary url like "wheretfisthis.com" (available; almost grabbed it for them) or wherethefsckisthis.com and censor the titles; same userbase, same pics, just a different presentation. Also probably would help if they want to do an iOS app. Edgy is useful too, so they should keep the current branding too.
- rkalla 15y ago
  I registered "upmyownass.com" years ago for a comedy writing site. Everyone I told about it assumed it was hardcore gay porn. Mom: "What... what kinds of things do you put on that site?" Me: "Funny stuff" Mom: "Oh... like gross-funny?" Me: "Oh god, no no... funny articles, I write sarcastic articles." Mom: "We love you no matter what" Me: <appropriate meme-face here>
  - albertzeyer 15y ago
    'Where the fuck is this' cannot really be misunderstood in such a way, though. :)
- Finbarr 15y ago
  Really like the concept, but I think the name will definitely hinder growth. There are plenty of .coms available that perfectly describe the purpose of the app without profanity.
MostAwesomeDude 15y ago
As somebody that routinely carries around a netbook with a big "FREE SOFTWARE FUCK YEAH" sticker on it, I feel obligated to say: I completely and totally understand your sentiment but must respectfully disagree with your opinion in an explicit but reasonable fashion.
gnoupi 15y ago
Besides, my company for example filters such words in URLs (and logs any such attempt), so I wouldn't be able to see this site from there with such a name.

pavel_lishin 15y ago

What does it take to change a status? http://wherethefuckisthis.com/wtf_main/view/687/ http://wherethefuckisthis.com/wtf_main/view/687/ has apparently been identified, but it's still listed as "Not yet located".

tingletech 15y ago
It takes for them to manually verify that it has been located "We check every comment and do research on the suggested places. If your suggestion or pin is correct we'll mark the spot as located! Remember: We are a small team, it could take some time to check all your comments and pins. Please be patient :)" http://wherethefuckisthis.com/wtf_main/faq http://wherethefuckisthis.com/wtf_main/faq
sjs 15y ago
That is just amazing. Location is everything.

infinity 15y ago

It would be a very good idea to specify the width and height attributes of the image elements in the markup of the overview pages. All the cropped images have the same dimensions, but width and height have not been set. Some pictures take a lot of time to load right now or are unavailable. The browser does not know the size of the image in advance, so the layout looks somewhat broken and keeps moving when new pictures are finally downloaded. Maybe there are many visitors on this site at the moment, I have seen some "Service is unavailable" errors.

athst 15y ago

Really cool - for some reason attaching geolocation to abstract pictures make them seem so much more real and interesting. Seems to be cracking a little under HN traffic?

infinity 15y ago
But not having some form of geolocation can also add some mystery to a picture, making it more interesting in another way. But I like the idea to ask people via the internet where a certain photo was made. I have sometimes wondered where some interesting looking location, that I have seen on a photo, can be found. One problem with an internet community based solution could be copyright, if people are allowed to submit arbitrary scans of copyrighted material for identification. Some pages were unavailable for me, server timeout error.
- 18pfsmt 15y ago
  I've had quite a good time browsing Google Maps with the photo layer turned on, while looking at remote places with which I am familiar (mostly the Colorado River and Rio Grande, but also Caribbean islands). But it would be nice to be able to pull in more 3rd party data like these photos within the maps interface.

aw3c2 15y ago

I have a hard time understanding its purpose. I am guessing that it is meant for people to upload pictures for which they want to find out the location?

tingletech 15y ago
yes, that is basically what their FAQ says http://wherethefuckisthis.com/wtf_main/faq http://wherethefuckisthis.com/wtf_main/faq
ent 15y ago
Probably more for people who find pictures of cool places online without info of where it was taken.

AndreasReis 15y ago

this looks like a better way to do it: http://fotons.com/ http://fotons.com/ Found it on Reddit.

melvinng 15y ago

lol, how ironic: "Service is unavailable" WherethefuckisthisWEBSITE?

apu 15y ago

One of the recent "hot" topics in computer vision is solving this problem automatically. It was started, I think, by the IM2GPS [1] paper, and has since been taken up by many different groups. As you might imagine, it's a very challenging problem, and at very best people seem to be getting around 30% accuracy, on easier-than-normal datasets. [1] http://graphics.cs.cmu.edu/projects/im2gps/ http://graphics.cs.cmu.edu/projects/im2gps/

albertzeyer 15y ago
Automatization was the first thing I thought about when I saw this site. Good to have some reference about some research about exactly this topic. I also thought about http://images.google.com/ http://images.google.com/ (where you can also search by image now). Some people told in some of the comments that they had success by just using that.

psb 15y ago

Interesting expansion of the "view from your window" series that Andrew Sullivan does. I think it would be cool to see where previous users have guessed on a google map.

spot 15y ago
yea they should have given credit, it's pretty much a knockoff.

liedra 15y ago

This looks absolutely terrible in Firefox on Bodhi (Ubuntu) Linux. I like the concept though!

slowcpu 15y ago

The domain name is more appropriate for a pornographic site than for a serious application.

minikomi 15y ago

I thought it would be crowd sourced suggestions for when you lose your keys... 45% found them on top of their toilet 20% under the bed etc.

Mz 15y ago

I have to agree with the criticisms of the gratuitous swearing. I swear like a sailor in person (and keep trying to tell my foul-mouthed younger son to get a better roll model than me) but I try hard most of the time to keep my online stuff "PG 13-ish". In my mind, the F word doesn't meet that standard.

HN_Addict 15y ago

The copyright notice blocks the links to the rest of the site for me (Latest Chrome, Mac 10.6): http://i.imgur.com/XU41V.png http://i.imgur.com/XU41V.png I'm surprised no one else reported this, so it might be a trickier bug.

joekarma 15y ago

I might as well point out that whether because of "fuck" or in spite of it, this website has made it to the front page. I'd wager the commenters lobbing posts at this page in defense of their dainty sensibilities are representatives of the vocal minority. Also, they are probably advocates of profanity filters and, given free reign in a community, will murder natural discourse.

bb1990 15y ago

hey guys, they just launched where-is-this.com