Show HN: Share your location using Longitude.me

http://longitude.me

by jonatanheyman • 13 years ago

32 13 13 years ago

longitude.me

toffeklang• 13 years 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!

jonatanheyman3• 13 years ago

Thank you! Happy you like it :)!

danielhunt• 13 years ago

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

tixocloud• 13 years ago

Looks like a service called CloudMade: http://cloudmade.com/products/map-tiles

jonatanheyman3• 13 years 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

joshmlewis• 13 years 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• 13 years ago

There's also Twist

jonatanheyman3• 13 years 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• 13 years ago

aka

rob-my-house.net

sean-duffy• 13 years 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• 13 years 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• 13 years 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/

I also uploaded the source to my git account if anyone wants to take a look: https://github.com/ndroo/friend-finder

kjell• 13 years ago

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

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