2008SEP011600
Ask HN: Your opinion on we♥places? Our startup from New Zealand.
"... Your opinion on we♥places? ..."
Good but frustrating to add places. Maybe it's me but I'd rather either:
- entry box like twitter to enter location
and how do you enter the street address of a mountain?
- so a pin button locator where you can fine tune the placement on the map itself
A geeky way would be allow users to also enter Geolocation, lat/lon. But that's not important. The entry works but adding entry to the front page removing the requirement to add an add-on will increase usage.
One thing that does bug me and could be be a problem. It has to do with the restrictions on flickr images but there is a technical solution. I added this image ~ flickr.com/photos/bootload/2803128286/ to my account ~ www.weheartplaces.com/users/bootload The image is mine so copyright is clear for my use. Others can use it as well, but if you ignore the licensing ~ creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en by placing adverts you leave yourself open to a lot of flack. Eg: If you get big ppl will be able to enforce their license agreements. The technical solution is to use the flickr API ( flickr.photos.licenses.getInfo ) ~ www.flickr.com/services/api/flickr.photos.licenses.ge... to check the copyright permissions and respect them. Ignoring the licensing problem will become a problem ~ www.flickr.com/groups/api/discuss/72157601196183552/?... and www.flickr.com/groups/lawgroup/
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2008SEP011600
Ask HN: Your opinion on we♥places? Our startup from New Zealand.
"... Your opinion on we♥places? ..."
Good but frustrating to add places. Maybe it's me but I'd rather either:
- entry box like twitter to enter location
and how do you enter the street address of a mountain?
- so a pin button locator where you can fine tune the placement on the map itself
A geeky way would be allow users to also enter Geolocation, lat/lon. But that's not important. The entry works but adding entry to the front page removing the requirement to add an add-on will increase usage.
One thing that does bug me and could be be a problem. It has to do with the restrictions on flickr images but there is a technical solution. I added this image ~ flickr.com/photos/bootload/2803128286/ to my account ~ www.weheartplaces.com/users/bootload The image is mine so copyright is clear for my use. Others can use it as well, but if you ignore the licensing ~ creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en by placing adverts you leave yourself open to a lot of flack. Eg: If you get big ppl will be able to enforce their license agreements. The technical solution is to use the flickr API ( flickr.photos.licenses.getInfo ) ~ www.flickr.com/services/api/flickr.photos.licenses.ge... to check the copyright permissions and respect them. Ignoring the licensing problem will become a problem ~ www.flickr.com/groups/api/discuss/72157601196183552/?... and www.flickr.com/groups/lawgroup/
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