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Maps.fm: listen a podcast episode about that place on the map
- georgel 3y agoHow are you identifying location? Are you using the Podcasting 2.0 geolocation tags? For those curious: https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/blob/main/location/location.md https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/blob/m...
- janandonly 3y agoI keep being surprised at how many good enhancements are part of the Podcasting 2.0 specs. The <podcast:value> gets (very understandably) a lot of attention. But <podcast:chapters>, <podcast:trailer> and <podcast:remoteItem> are very usefull as well.
- waynejparker 3y agoYes, it's a mix of automated with human checking, which is important at this stage. A map raises the bar on the required accuracy. And yes, using the location:tag idea, with some other additions to the RSS feed.
- tony_cannistra 3y agoThis is a cool idea. It reminds me of an idea I had on a road trip once – a Google Maps-like driving directions app that would occasionally announce interesting facts about the places you're driving through. Things like pieces of natural or cultural history, or geology, etc. Would help to get to know the places one is passing through. I think someone made something similar, so I kinda gave up on it.
- navanchauhan 3y agoReminds me of that TBBT episode where Sheldon hacks the GPS: https://youtu.be/dCsYBacNfBw?si=CEjA-JgF9zHwL0tV&t=45 https://youtu.be/dCsYBacNfBw?si=CEjA-JgF9zHwL0tV&t=45
- kremi 3y agoVery cool. When I was living in Paris I wanted to do something similar (but without the driving / directions part). I just liked walking randomly in the city and wished someone could tell me about all the interesting little bits of culture and history of the places I strolled past.
- leobg 3y agoCould probably do it with ChatGPT. Take picture of building. Ask what it knows about it. Haven’t tried, but may work for some buildings. No GPS though.
- dewey 3y agoI was thinking of a similar thing when the AirPods came out. When they were new it felt like a nice bridging of the real / virtual worlds when it announced walking directions directly into your ear, or reading arriving messages to you. I thought it would be a cool idea to have some kind of trivia, facts being read to you while you move around. Kinda like AR but more audio-based.
- waynejparker 3y agothere are some custom content versions, such as Autio, but our thought was to take advantage of all the free podcast episodes (the podcasters love it because it's another form of discovery and their audio plays exactly the same).
- zikduruqe 3y agoSorta like this? https://4m3ric4.com https://4m3ric4.com
- MoSattler 3y agoWhat is this? It made me listening to a random Minnesota radio station where people talk about ghosts.
- waynejparker 3y agooops, sorry. If you know what it was supposed to be please let us know.
- devilbunny 3y agoGuideAlong is an app that sort of does this. But it only works on its given routes - not generically everywhere. It's not amazing, but the content is pretty fairly priced.
- robbomacrae 3y agoThis is pretty much exactly how I've attempted to make Summer AI app work. If I am missing anything from your vision please let me know!
- hentrep 3y agoReminds me of the hours I used to spend zooming around Google Maps when they had the Wikipedia overlay. I desperately miss that feature!
- smartbit 3y agoBoth Pocket Earth Maps & CityMaps2Go offer Wikipedia articles of local POI. Practical when you visit a town and have only a mobile device. Both offer downloading for offline usage.
- lmm 3y agoOSMAnd also does this.
- geraldhh 3y agothere is [0] and you can get the wiki-overlay also from wikimedia itself [1] if you click "show nearby articles" in the bottom right, but idk how to link it properly. [0] https://wikimap.wiki https://wikimap.wiki [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery#/map/0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery#/m...
- EricRiese 3y agoY'all remember the Google Field Trip app from Niantic labs? You could set it up to pop up and read out local facts when you arrived at a new place.
- christiangenco 3y agoOh this is such a cool idea! It looks like there are several episodes by 99pi about my area that I haven’t listened to yet. I’m unable to successfully navigate the interface on mobile though so I’ll have to try when I’m back to my computer tomorrow. Because I only ever listen to podcasts on my phone it would be nice to have a better mobile interface.
- waynejparker 3y agothanks, and yes, the mobile interface needs work...
- iagooar 3y agoIf you want to make the podcast listening experience even better, consider adding a proper podcast player to your site. For example, you could use https://github.com/podigee/podigee-podcast-player https://github.com/podigee/podigee-podcast-player
- waynejparker 3y agoyes, that makes sense. How would we also do that the other way, adding a 'Maps' tab to the podcast player?
- miguelxt 3y agoAmazing idea. It would be nice to have a filter by language.
- waynejparker 3y agoYes, agreed. In the works.
- kdwikzncba 3y agoHave you heard "that's not a product, it's a feature"? That's what this is: a feature in a product. I love it, mind you, but if a lot of people like it too it'll be copied by Spotify.
- waynejparker 3y agothanks, well taken. This is so new that we think our expertise will be of value. Locating audio on the map, we've found, has lots of hidden challenges and we've learned a lot doing thousands of them...
- waynejparker 3y agowe're having to cut back, as haven't gotten Maps.FM to revenue yet....if anyone has ideas on how to move this forward from a business standpoint please let me know. thanks, Wayne Parker, parker@maps.fm
- froidpink 3y agoNice idea! I found an error though. There's a podcast about the Camino de Costa Rica, a trail that goes from the Pacific to the Caribbean in Costa Rica. But the app has associated it to a street called Camino de Costa Rica in Chiclana, Spain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_de_Costa_Rica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_de_Costa_Rica
- waynejparker 3y agoOh, good catch. That has been moved to Costa Rica, at Barra del Parismina. That's just one point for the trail....will be adding other ways to show the entire length. Thanks!
- madcaptenor 3y agoThis is cool! I'd love to see something similar for books, long-form articles, etc. - really anything I can listen to or read that helps to get a feeling for a place.
- waynejparker 3y ago...so pulling the info from Wikipedia? And then translating text to audio also?
- madcaptenor 3y agoI wasn't thinking text-to-audio, but I wouldn't object. Just something that tells me about all the books, articles, etc. that are set in place X. Is Wikipedia a good source for this?
- goodboyjojo 3y agothis is pretty cool. thanks for sharing
- brokenbyclouds 3y agoFantastic idea. Minor issue is that when you tap on one of the flags, you get the podcast episode notes but you don't get the title of the podcast. Title needs to be prominent.
- waynejparker 3y agothank you, feedback very helpful....we found one example where the title wasn't appearing with the pin, and hopefully have fixed that.
- brokenbyclouds 3y agoI might be misinterpreting what I'm seeing but I don't see titles on any of them. For instance, on one in southern California, the icon showing the podcast art makes it clear that the title of the podcast is Ridiculous History, but when I tap on it, I only see the episode title and have no other clue to tell me what podcast it actually is that this episode is part of. Now that I'm describing it in more detail I think what I should have said initially is that I'm looking for the title of the podcast itself, not just the episode title.
- zubairq 3y agoInteresting idea
- robbomacrae 3y agoI put together something in a similar vein but attempts to build up an audio tour like experience from the ground up.. old fashioned web scrape then summarized through LLM's: https://summer.ai https://summer.ai Ah I see the creator is in here. Will reach out!