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Pints in the sun

83 points by grahamel 12y ago

dodders 12y ago
I think the results need to include rain/cloud coverage for pubs in the UK.
- deleted 12y ago
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- philbarr 12y ago
  Yes, if you included this data then you could add notification alerts to your mobile as well: "It is now sunny in the beer garden of your favourite pub." "Clear your schedule, there is an 80% chance of it being sunny in your favourite pub between 1pm and 3pm this coming Saturday."
  - GotAnyMegadeth 12y ago
    "Clear your schedule, there is a 5% chance of it being sunny in a pub in your city between 8am and midnight this coming Wednesday."
adaml_623 12y ago
The slider only goes to 8pm and sunset isn't until 9:57pm tonight in Glasgow. And before you say anything the Sun is shining down brightly at the moment. The little display on the right with the building models is very cute. Looks like someone has run some vision algorithm over the satellite images.
- billybofh 12y ago
  For me http://www.taps-aff.co.uk/ http://www.taps-aff.co.uk/ is usually the go-to site. Certainly a taps-aff kinda day!
  - arethuza 12y ago
    I usually joke that here in Scotland people go out sunbathing when the temperature goes over 10C for the first time - sure enough at the end of March I saw a couple walking up from Princes Street Gardens in shorts, t-shirt and flip-flops - the temperature: 11C
    - askins4trouble 12y ago
      Just got back from a semester in Glasgow, can confirm. As someone from the southern US though, I can't blame them. You have to take advantage of any sun you can get.
      - arethuza 12y ago
        Although the combination of strong sunlight and your typical peely-wally Scot is often not a happy one.
    - brianmcc 12y ago
      We get three days a year to get our annual Vitamin D allowance, it's good sense!
    - minimax 12y ago
      Must be a universal phenomenon. We have a similar thing in Chicago. http://www.theonion.com/articles/determined-restaurant-patrons-tough-it-out-on-chil,35752/ http://www.theonion.com/articles/determined-restaurant-patro...
  - gadders 12y ago
    I think this guy has been using both of these sites: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-27730323 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-27730323
  - ReshNesh 12y ago
    Where are ye...? Location 'London' unknown :(
- collyw 12y ago
  Everyone knows that you don't get sun in Glasgow.
  - arethuza 12y ago
    It's like Brigadoon - whole parts of the country only exist for the once in a hundred years when the sun shines.
- gadders 12y ago
  As a Sassenach, I often forget that Scotland gets longer days in the Summer.
timlukins 12y ago
Lovely idea - but I’m not sure height of the building data is accurate enough. For example, here in Edinburgh one of the best (indeed rare) beer gardens is the Pear Tree: http://pintsinthesun.co.uk/#55.94434710372921/-3.18554684848515/4af47d94f964a52013f321e3 http://pintsinthesun.co.uk/#55.94434710372921/-3.18554684848... Which is notorious for the dreaded shadow of nearby Appleton Tower (8 stories, immediately to the west) curtailing an evenings imbibing..
- maxerickson 12y ago
  It gets the building data from OpenStreetMap, there isn't any info on the height (so it must be guessing): http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/5325201 http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/5325201 They link to a more detailed description, it isn't very prominent: http://www.pokelondon.com/blog/fun-stuff/pints-in-the-sun/ http://www.pokelondon.com/blog/fun-stuff/pints-in-the-sun/
- errkk 12y ago
  Yeh, it mostly guesses as there isn't that much height data ;)
xedarius 12y ago
Guess this is the hacker news effect, but I can't get the website to yield a single result. Which is a real shame as it's a beautiful day in London town.
- Roonerelli 12y ago
  I can't either. I'm seeing a cross domain error in the console XMLHttpRequest cannot load https://api.foursquare.com/v2/venues/search?client_id=FNJEOV4QV4YBMJ4J5EQNK…se&limit=50&categoryId=4bf58dd8d48988d11b941735%2C4bf58dd8d48988d116941735 https://api.foursquare.com/v2/venues/search?client_id=FNJEOV.... No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. Origin 'http://pintsinthesun.co.uk' http://pintsinthesun.co.uk' is therefore not allowed access.
  - errkk 12y ago
    Ughh, what browser?
    - Roonerelli 12y ago
      Chrome 35.0.1916.114 m on windows 7 64 bit
- grahamel 12y ago
  They've put it all on github so I guess you can try locally: https://github.com/pokelondon/pintsinthesun https://github.com/pokelondon/pintsinthesun
unfunco 12y ago
Nice site, took a lot of refreshes for it to work for me though (console is saying that certain scripts were not loading because they were timing out (jquery, moment)).
nicholassmith 12y ago
Works perfectly for the pub I usually frequent in Middlesbrough, where post-5pm half the beer garden is in the shade.
oulipo 12y ago
Nice! We actually did the same in Paris a few months ago with OSM & d3 :) https://twitter.com/snips/status/452943384702119936 https://twitter.com/snips/status/452943384702119936
kawsper 12y ago
I live and work just next to Boxpark, and was very amazed that it was able to locate me so accurately without me turning on location services. Until I figured out that is the default starting position.
- alanbyrne 12y ago
  I did the exact same thing!
  - errkk 12y ago
    Shoreditch yo!
- grahamel 12y ago
  I think that's where their office is
- alxndr 12y ago
  I'm curious about this, it located me down to the intersection in SF, and I have Chrome set to ask when sites try to geolocate, but it did not ask me on the site...
stuaxo 12y ago
Distance to pub, and possibly link to beerintheevening so it's possible to see reviews could be good.
ejvos 12y ago
This data is also available for The Netherlands: https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/zonnegrens/id634451165?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/zonnegrens/id634451165?mt=8 Yes we have height differences as well!
kevinmchugh 12y ago
Neat! Two facts about drinking beer outdoors: 1) Norwegian has a word for it: utepils.http://enthusiastslexicon.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/utepils/ http://enthusiastslexicon.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/utepils/ 2) a hoppy beer in the sun can skunk in minutes. So keep those under an umbrella.
utunga 12y ago
Great idea but right now I'm in East Midtown NYC. Not a lot of sun at any time of day. Don't think this app takes into account height of buildings, which is kinda important...
itodd 12y ago
In case anyone came here thinking about how many pints fit in the sun, the answer is: 2.984×10^30 pints
nsxwolf 12y ago
You know what's even better than a cold beer on a hot, sunny day? Shade.
bwag 12y ago
I guess this is a UK thing? I typically look for shaded beer gardens here in the Midwestern United States. Edit: Plus, direct sunlight can skunk a hoppy beer in minutes.
- stronglikedan 12y ago
  Hoppy beer is already skunked! (j/k) But seriously, a cold beer in the hot sun can be one of life's little pleasures, but it requires the right kind of beer - typically one that you wouldn't drink otherwise. For instance, I would never touch a Corona in a bar, but a Corona with a lime on the beach is a completely different experience. However, my go-to sun-beer is a nice Blue Moon with an orange slice, which is another beer I typically wouldn't drink otherwise.
fredkelly 12y ago
We need this for SF! For such a (comparatively) sunny place, I've struggled to find good places to sit and drink in the sun (moved from the UK in August).
- alxndr 12y ago
  Seconded! Sunny beer spots seems like secret knowledge passed from coworker to friend to relative around here...
bowlofpetunias 12y ago
Would work nicely for Amsterdam, except that it considers houseboats down in the canals buildings that throw as much shadow as the buildings around them, thereby eliminating 50% of the options in my neighborhood (all canals, all filled with boats).
niix 12y ago
Great idea, my friend and I are always choosing a bar based on outside seating and if there is sun or not.
Hansi 12y ago
Doesn't work for me. Mac Chrome 35. Clicking search does nothing, tried with extensions off too. On the idea itself I did this myself using R a few months back for the pubs in Islington to schedule meetups with friends when the sun was out for the weekend. Good to have it as a site.
mathattack 12y ago
I have to say that I appreciate someone attacking this long neglected problem. Crowdsourcing at it's finest!
tom3k 12y ago
Reminds me of the almost identical https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beerinthesun/beer-in-the-sun https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beerinthesun/beer-in-th... which was around last year. Looks like their homepage (beerinthesun.com) is now something completely different.
gsmyth555 12y ago
Is it possible to show a green area on the map for the pub's beer garden/outdoor areas?

Pints in the sun

83 points by grahamel 12y ago

dodders 12y ago

I think the results need to include rain/cloud coverage for pubs in the UK.

deleted 12y ago
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philbarr 12y ago
Yes, if you included this data then you could add notification alerts to your mobile as well: "It is now sunny in the beer garden of your favourite pub." "Clear your schedule, there is an 80% chance of it being sunny in your favourite pub between 1pm and 3pm this coming Saturday."
- GotAnyMegadeth 12y ago
  "Clear your schedule, there is a 5% chance of it being sunny in a pub in your city between 8am and midnight this coming Wednesday."

adaml_623 12y ago

The slider only goes to 8pm and sunset isn't until 9:57pm tonight in Glasgow. And before you say anything the Sun is shining down brightly at the moment. The little display on the right with the building models is very cute. Looks like someone has run some vision algorithm over the satellite images.

billybofh 12y ago
For me http://www.taps-aff.co.uk/ http://www.taps-aff.co.uk/ is usually the go-to site. Certainly a taps-aff kinda day!
- arethuza 12y ago
  I usually joke that here in Scotland people go out sunbathing when the temperature goes over 10C for the first time - sure enough at the end of March I saw a couple walking up from Princes Street Gardens in shorts, t-shirt and flip-flops - the temperature: 11C
  - askins4trouble 12y ago
    Just got back from a semester in Glasgow, can confirm. As someone from the southern US though, I can't blame them. You have to take advantage of any sun you can get.
    - arethuza 12y ago
      Although the combination of strong sunlight and your typical peely-wally Scot is often not a happy one.
  - brianmcc 12y ago
    We get three days a year to get our annual Vitamin D allowance, it's good sense!
  - minimax 12y ago
    Must be a universal phenomenon. We have a similar thing in Chicago. http://www.theonion.com/articles/determined-restaurant-patrons-tough-it-out-on-chil,35752/ http://www.theonion.com/articles/determined-restaurant-patro...
- gadders 12y ago
  I think this guy has been using both of these sites: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-27730323 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-27730323
- ReshNesh 12y ago
  Where are ye...? Location 'London' unknown :(
collyw 12y ago
Everyone knows that you don't get sun in Glasgow.
- arethuza 12y ago
  It's like Brigadoon - whole parts of the country only exist for the once in a hundred years when the sun shines.
gadders 12y ago
As a Sassenach, I often forget that Scotland gets longer days in the Summer.

timlukins 12y ago

Lovely idea - but I’m not sure height of the building data is accurate enough. For example, here in Edinburgh one of the best (indeed rare) beer gardens is the Pear Tree: http://pintsinthesun.co.uk/#55.94434710372921/-3.18554684848515/4af47d94f964a52013f321e3 http://pintsinthesun.co.uk/#55.94434710372921/-3.18554684848... Which is notorious for the dreaded shadow of nearby Appleton Tower (8 stories, immediately to the west) curtailing an evenings imbibing..

maxerickson 12y ago
It gets the building data from OpenStreetMap, there isn't any info on the height (so it must be guessing): http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/5325201 http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/5325201 They link to a more detailed description, it isn't very prominent: http://www.pokelondon.com/blog/fun-stuff/pints-in-the-sun/ http://www.pokelondon.com/blog/fun-stuff/pints-in-the-sun/
errkk 12y ago
Yeh, it mostly guesses as there isn't that much height data ;)

xedarius 12y ago

Guess this is the hacker news effect, but I can't get the website to yield a single result. Which is a real shame as it's a beautiful day in London town.

Roonerelli 12y ago
I can't either. I'm seeing a cross domain error in the console XMLHttpRequest cannot load https://api.foursquare.com/v2/venues/search?client_id=FNJEOV4QV4YBMJ4J5EQNK…se&limit=50&categoryId=4bf58dd8d48988d11b941735%2C4bf58dd8d48988d116941735 https://api.foursquare.com/v2/venues/search?client_id=FNJEOV.... No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. Origin 'http://pintsinthesun.co.uk' http://pintsinthesun.co.uk' is therefore not allowed access.
- errkk 12y ago
  Ughh, what browser?
  - Roonerelli 12y ago
    Chrome 35.0.1916.114 m on windows 7 64 bit
grahamel 12y ago
They've put it all on github so I guess you can try locally: https://github.com/pokelondon/pintsinthesun https://github.com/pokelondon/pintsinthesun

unfunco 12y ago

Nice site, took a lot of refreshes for it to work for me though (console is saying that certain scripts were not loading because they were timing out (jquery, moment)).

nicholassmith 12y ago

Works perfectly for the pub I usually frequent in Middlesbrough, where post-5pm half the beer garden is in the shade.

oulipo 12y ago

Nice! We actually did the same in Paris a few months ago with OSM & d3 :) https://twitter.com/snips/status/452943384702119936 https://twitter.com/snips/status/452943384702119936

kawsper 12y ago

I live and work just next to Boxpark, and was very amazed that it was able to locate me so accurately without me turning on location services. Until I figured out that is the default starting position.

alanbyrne 12y ago
I did the exact same thing!
- errkk 12y ago
  Shoreditch yo!
grahamel 12y ago
I think that's where their office is
alxndr 12y ago
I'm curious about this, it located me down to the intersection in SF, and I have Chrome set to ask when sites try to geolocate, but it did not ask me on the site...

stuaxo 12y ago

Distance to pub, and possibly link to beerintheevening so it's possible to see reviews could be good.

ejvos 12y ago

This data is also available for The Netherlands: https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/zonnegrens/id634451165?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/zonnegrens/id634451165?mt=8 Yes we have height differences as well!

kevinmchugh 12y ago

Neat! Two facts about drinking beer outdoors: 1) Norwegian has a word for it: utepils.http://enthusiastslexicon.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/utepils/ http://enthusiastslexicon.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/utepils/ 2) a hoppy beer in the sun can skunk in minutes. So keep those under an umbrella.

utunga 12y ago

Great idea but right now I'm in East Midtown NYC. Not a lot of sun at any time of day. Don't think this app takes into account height of buildings, which is kinda important...

itodd 12y ago

In case anyone came here thinking about how many pints fit in the sun, the answer is: 2.984×10^30 pints

nsxwolf 12y ago

You know what's even better than a cold beer on a hot, sunny day? Shade.

bwag 12y ago

I guess this is a UK thing? I typically look for shaded beer gardens here in the Midwestern United States. Edit: Plus, direct sunlight can skunk a hoppy beer in minutes.

stronglikedan 12y ago
Hoppy beer is already skunked! (j/k) But seriously, a cold beer in the hot sun can be one of life's little pleasures, but it requires the right kind of beer - typically one that you wouldn't drink otherwise. For instance, I would never touch a Corona in a bar, but a Corona with a lime on the beach is a completely different experience. However, my go-to sun-beer is a nice Blue Moon with an orange slice, which is another beer I typically wouldn't drink otherwise.

fredkelly 12y ago

We need this for SF! For such a (comparatively) sunny place, I've struggled to find good places to sit and drink in the sun (moved from the UK in August).

alxndr 12y ago
Seconded! Sunny beer spots seems like secret knowledge passed from coworker to friend to relative around here...

bowlofpetunias 12y ago

Would work nicely for Amsterdam, except that it considers houseboats down in the canals buildings that throw as much shadow as the buildings around them, thereby eliminating 50% of the options in my neighborhood (all canals, all filled with boats).

niix 12y ago

Great idea, my friend and I are always choosing a bar based on outside seating and if there is sun or not.

Hansi 12y ago

Doesn't work for me. Mac Chrome 35. Clicking search does nothing, tried with extensions off too. On the idea itself I did this myself using R a few months back for the pubs in Islington to schedule meetups with friends when the sun was out for the weekend. Good to have it as a site.

mathattack 12y ago

I have to say that I appreciate someone attacking this long neglected problem. Crowdsourcing at it's finest!

tom3k 12y ago

Reminds me of the almost identical https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beerinthesun/beer-in-the-sun https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beerinthesun/beer-in-th... which was around last year. Looks like their homepage (beerinthesun.com) is now something completely different.

gsmyth555 12y ago

Is it possible to show a green area on the map for the pub's beer garden/outdoor areas?