HN GeoIP Search
Consumer and social
location-based search
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
3 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Execution: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fast and useful for finding local HN users
From 3 comments
This is wonderful.I just found 4 or 5 other HN'ers here in Tucson I would like to touch base with.
rkalla on HNNice - it's really fast - what are you using on the back end?
athst on HNreally cool.
nvictor on HN
Objections
Location detection via IP is often wrong
From 4 comments
Are there plans to allow users to choose their location? The site thinks I am in Easton, Pennsylvania, which is 150 miles away from my actual location.
martey on HNPensacola, FL is close to Mobile, AL. So, my page is full of comments regarding cellular phones (e.g. T-Mobile) that have nothing to do with location.
jmaygarden on HNI was hoping to find more people in Canberra, Australia. The only thing that really came up was a meetup almost two years ago.
MetallicCloud on HNFor the UK do we put United Kingdom or England? E.g. "Slough, United Kingdom", or "Slough, England" ?
antihero on HN
Results include irrelevant matches, such as cellular carrier mentions
From 1 comment
Pensacola, FL is close to Mobile, AL. So, my page is full of comments regarding cellular phones (e.g. T-Mobile) that have nothing to do with location.
jmaygarden on HN
Intermittent 404 errors
From 2 comments
Still getting 404. Some browsers can share their GeoIP. navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(showMap); http://dev.w3.org/geo/api/spec-source.html
teyc on HN404. Edit: Nvm, back up.
shadowpwner on HN
No sorting by date
From 1 comment
Is there a way to sort results by date? All submissions for Sunnyvale, CA are >1000 days old
dglassan on HN
Requests
Let users choose their location
From 1 comment
Are there plans to allow users to choose their location? The site thinks I am in Easton, Pennsylvania, which is 150 miles away from my actual location.
martey on HN
Use browser geolocation
From 2 comments
Still getting 404. Some browsers can share their GeoIP. navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(showMap); http://dev.w3.org/geo/api/spec-source.html
teyc on HNAccessed from my mobile, didn't register for obvious reasons - I hoped it might use location services!
seabee on HN
Sort results by date
From 1 comment
Is there a way to sort results by date? All submissions for Sunnyvale, CA are >1000 days old
dglassan on HN
Questions
How is the site built on the back end
From 1 comment
Nice - it's really fast - what are you using on the back end?
athst on HN
How to format UK locations
From 1 comment
For the UK do we put United Kingdom or England? E.g. "Slough, United Kingdom", or "Slough, England" ?
antihero on HN