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We built basically the exact same library at foursquare (though it's in Scala not Java). Would anyone be interested in using it if we open sourced it? We probab

by harryh 15y ago

We built basically the exact same library at foursquare (though it's in Scala not Java). Would anyone be interested in using it if we open sourced it? We probably should.

FigBug 15y ago
Yes, it's definitely useful. I use AskGeo to tag GPS files users create with the correct timezone.
aaronpk 15y ago
Yes, it would be great if you open-sourced the library! I'd suggest promoting it as an alternative to SimpleGeo's service that provided this lookup, since that will be shut down at the end of March. See https://support.urbanairship.com/customer/portal/articles/311996-simplegeo-migration-options https://support.urbanairship.com/customer/portal/articles/31...
jedberg 15y ago
That would be really useful to the community. You should definitely open source it.
mmorey 15y ago
Yes, I would be interested.
eugenejen 15y ago
I am interested. I used an approximation algorithm that have a lot of edge cases. A complete and accurate open source solution is very great.
msy 15y ago
I'd love to see this open sourced! It'd make a wonderful companion to the great open mapping work being done my Open Street Map and is exactly the kind of thing a community can build on and refine for the good of all.
alpb 15y ago
Definitely, we were planning to develop exactly the same system in our social network http://ollaa.com http://ollaa.com (uses foursquare venues db). I believe that has become a common need for global soical apps. We'd love to see you are open sourcing it, otherwise we will definitely not pay $2,000 for this.
- jrd79 15y ago
  Can't imagine it will cost you less to develop in house in terms of salaried engineering hours, and you probably won't get close to AskGeo in terms of performance. A fast spatial index is non trivial. Classic case of not properly valuing the cost of internal engineering resources.
kimsterv_again 15y ago
Yes!!
carterschonwald 15y ago
yes! (so many interesting things can be done once you have a nice way to get ahold of proper zone info via a sane api / library)
endian 15y ago
Yes!
harryh 15y ago
OK. We'll see what we can do. Might take a bit of time, but look for something at http://github.com/foursquare http://github.com/foursquare

by harryh 15y ago

We built basically the exact same library at foursquare (though it's in Scala not Java). Would anyone be interested in using it if we open sourced it? We probably should.

FigBug 15y ago

Yes, it's definitely useful. I use AskGeo to tag GPS files users create with the correct timezone.

aaronpk 15y ago

Yes, it would be great if you open-sourced the library! I'd suggest promoting it as an alternative to SimpleGeo's service that provided this lookup, since that will be shut down at the end of March. See https://support.urbanairship.com/customer/portal/articles/311996-simplegeo-migration-options https://support.urbanairship.com/customer/portal/articles/31...

jedberg 15y ago

That would be really useful to the community. You should definitely open source it.

mmorey 15y ago

Yes, I would be interested.

eugenejen 15y ago

I am interested. I used an approximation algorithm that have a lot of edge cases. A complete and accurate open source solution is very great.

msy 15y ago

I'd love to see this open sourced! It'd make a wonderful companion to the great open mapping work being done my Open Street Map and is exactly the kind of thing a community can build on and refine for the good of all.

alpb 15y ago

Definitely, we were planning to develop exactly the same system in our social network http://ollaa.com http://ollaa.com (uses foursquare venues db). I believe that has become a common need for global soical apps. We'd love to see you are open sourcing it, otherwise we will definitely not pay $2,000 for this.

jrd79 15y ago
Can't imagine it will cost you less to develop in house in terms of salaried engineering hours, and you probably won't get close to AskGeo in terms of performance. A fast spatial index is non trivial. Classic case of not properly valuing the cost of internal engineering resources.

kimsterv_again 15y ago

Yes!!

carterschonwald 15y ago

yes! (so many interesting things can be done once you have a nice way to get ahold of proper zone info via a sane api / library)

endian 15y ago

Yes!

harryh 15y ago

OK. We'll see what we can do. Might take a bit of time, but look for something at http://github.com/foursquare http://github.com/foursquare