Show HN: A very simple way to share your location

by lukabratos • 13 years ago

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lukabratos4• 13 years ago

I've created a super simple way to share your location. You simply go to mapme.in and then you get a unique link to text, tweet, email to a friend from your phone, tablet or desktop.

I decided to create this after a night out trying to describe where I was to friend. It was too much hassle spelling the street name and I wished I could of texted her a link. They weren't familiar with area.

Appreciate any feedback, its super simple! :-)

WA• 13 years ago

Doesn't show anything if you have location services off (Safari, MacBook Air).

It was too much hassle spelling the street name and I wished I could of texted her a link.

WhatsApp -> send my location.

isabelmay• 13 years ago

WhatsApp costs 69p and is lame. At least this free I guess.

umami3• 13 years ago

I like how practical it is. I normally use WhatsApp or LINE for this, but even on my laptop the geolocation is fairly accurate.

Bug report:

I get an offset between what I see when I generate a location to what it shows using the URL on an incognito window. Correct one on the left, wrong one on the right:

http://f.cl.ly/items/2D261R141A082F3G2V2w/cafe.png

http://mapme.in/5298

(Yes, I just shared my location publicly on the internet. I'll be fine.)

umami3• 13 years ago

New bug report!

It seems you are reusing four digit IDs? The address space might not be big enough for HN! My previous link is now showing a location in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

lukabratos4• 13 years ago

You're right. Thanks for the improvement report! I'll get on it right away.

jordanwallwork• 13 years ago

Yeah 4 digit id's seems a little crazy... Why so low??

linux_devil• 13 years ago

Shows location of my ISP provider , google maps on phone using triangulation is accurate

danielrmay• 13 years ago

Same thing here.

I then hit F5 and it told me I was in Germany.

afandian• 13 years ago

This is petrifying. My computer knows exactly where I am sitting.

FridayWithJohn• 13 years ago

Hmmm, this was rather out for me. I got: http://mapme.in/1515 however I live almost 5 miles away from there.

primozskerget• 13 years ago

Very simple service, I wish there were more like this.

lukabratos4• 13 years ago

Hi guys! Thanks for your feedback. Using your suggestion, I've now updated the 4 digit IDs to 10 digits :)

pattle• 13 years ago

Nice little project. The map placed me in the middle of a river, made me laugh

Show HN: A very simple way to share your location

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