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Show HN: Share your location using Longitude.me

32 points by jonatanheyman 13y ago

toffeklang 13y ago
Really, really nice. Can't count the number of times I've wanted something exactly like this. And beautful site and maps too. Great job!
- jonatanheyman 13y ago
  Thank you! Happy you like it :)!
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danielhunt 13y ago
What a beautiful map - what service are you using for that?
- tixocloud 13y ago
  Looks like a service called CloudMade: http://cloudmade.com/products/map-tiles http://cloudmade.com/products/map-tiles
  - jonatanheyman 13y ago
    Yep, map tiles are from CloudMade! Map lib is Leaflet. I also made a Leaflet plugin for the user markers, which is on github: https://github.com/heyman/leaflet-usermarker https://github.com/heyman/leaflet-usermarker
joshmlewis 13y ago
It works good. Glympse is out there that is an advanced version of this, but I like this. I would like it better if it ran in the background. I'm not sure on battery use either. Did you use something that saves battery or is it constantly sending my location? Also an iPhone app that worked in the background that was smoother would be awesome. If you want some help on dev or design I'd love to help!
- ajones05 13y ago
  There's also Twist
- jonatanheyman 13y ago
  Yeah, it constantly sends your position while you look at the page. I also wish it worked in the background, but unfortunately I don't think it's possible. It stops updating your position when you exit the browser app, or if you lock the phone (at least on iOS). I might do an app (that goes against the same backend) in the future!
z0bl0rz 13y ago
aka rob-my-house.net
- sean-duffy 13y ago
  So you think that unless the location of a house has been posted on the internet, it is rendered invisible to all would-be burglars?
- philmcc 13y ago
  Realistically, burglars prefer to rob houses where people aren't. My guess is that very few burglars sit around scanning all of the (52 x 52 x 52 x 52 x 52 x 52) possibilities of Longitude.me directories (assuming they just use case sensitive letters), and then when they find one where there's a person (near them) THEN drive to that location and rob them. If they're that hard pressed to rob a real-live person they could just go door-to-door until they found someone. I can't back this up with research, however.
verelo 13y ago
This is hilarious, i just made exactly this as a personal project very recently (only its super ugly, i did it in under 1 day) http://ff.mouseofdoom.com/ http://ff.mouseofdoom.com/ I also uploaded the source to my git account if anyone wants to take a look: https://github.com/ndroo/friend-finder https://github.com/ndroo/friend-finder
kjell 13y ago
With more gif: http://www.meattext.com/ http://www.meattext.com/

32 points by jonatanheyman 13y ago

Really, really nice. Can't count the number of times I've wanted something exactly like this. And beautful site and maps too. Great job!

jonatanheyman 13y ago
Thank you! Happy you like it :)!

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danielhunt 13y ago

What a beautiful map - what service are you using for that?

tixocloud 13y ago
Looks like a service called CloudMade: http://cloudmade.com/products/map-tiles http://cloudmade.com/products/map-tiles
- jonatanheyman 13y ago
  Yep, map tiles are from CloudMade! Map lib is Leaflet. I also made a Leaflet plugin for the user markers, which is on github: https://github.com/heyman/leaflet-usermarker https://github.com/heyman/leaflet-usermarker

joshmlewis 13y ago

It works good. Glympse is out there that is an advanced version of this, but I like this. I would like it better if it ran in the background. I'm not sure on battery use either. Did you use something that saves battery or is it constantly sending my location? Also an iPhone app that worked in the background that was smoother would be awesome. If you want some help on dev or design I'd love to help!

ajones05 13y ago
There's also Twist
jonatanheyman 13y ago
Yeah, it constantly sends your position while you look at the page. I also wish it worked in the background, but unfortunately I don't think it's possible. It stops updating your position when you exit the browser app, or if you lock the phone (at least on iOS). I might do an app (that goes against the same backend) in the future!

z0bl0rz 13y ago

aka rob-my-house.net

sean-duffy 13y ago
So you think that unless the location of a house has been posted on the internet, it is rendered invisible to all would-be burglars?
philmcc 13y ago
Realistically, burglars prefer to rob houses where people aren't. My guess is that very few burglars sit around scanning all of the (52 x 52 x 52 x 52 x 52 x 52) possibilities of Longitude.me directories (assuming they just use case sensitive letters), and then when they find one where there's a person (near them) THEN drive to that location and rob them. If they're that hard pressed to rob a real-live person they could just go door-to-door until they found someone. I can't back this up with research, however.

verelo 13y ago

This is hilarious, i just made exactly this as a personal project very recently (only its super ugly, i did it in under 1 day) http://ff.mouseofdoom.com/ http://ff.mouseofdoom.com/ I also uploaded the source to my git account if anyone wants to take a look: https://github.com/ndroo/friend-finder https://github.com/ndroo/friend-finder

kjell 13y ago

With more gif: http://www.meattext.com/ http://www.meattext.com/