2-3 new inches every second or third day for two and a half weeks. I’m running out of places to put it.
Yes it would definitely have to be a ground up implementation.
Yes. I’m looking for the an opportunity for integration where one could have the same easy three word location functionality down to a 10’ sq ft resolution on a non centralized set of location servers.
Cable porn incoming
Definitely. It’s pretty cool that I can currently encrypt a three word location, send it to a friend, and he can figure out where I’m pointing him to. Weather it’s a canoe or a fuel cache, a pelican case full of useful items, anything.
Yeah the thing that begs for an open source alternative and relay based user data storage is the current level of monitoring and data scraping that is no doubt part of the centralized version.
It wont.stop.snowing. I’ve been on the end of a shovel quite a bit these last weeks. If I build a place up here I’m definitely going to build a minimal need for snow clearing into the design. Partially covered walks and entry doors, a steep metal roof on all structures, and a mega weeping tile/window well drain system around all building foundations, beside the footings. #homesteading
lol I know who the hell do they think they are.
I just think agency is built. We aren’t just endowed with it.
What kind of animal gets this at 10am
https://blossom.westernbtc.com/29b942da6875759ca09c1822b400583950513b568e4952a665df31ec45acb303.webp
A young animal that did his or her chores all week. Happy Saturday
The irony of the senator’s last name is not lost on me.
You just need a clear direction, focus, determination and enough savings to be freed up from your 50 hour per week slog, 5 big auto debits and 3 utility payments that hit each month like clockwork. C’mon people, what’s holding you up?
One of the software projects that I was able to get features successfully added to in its earlier days through simple direct user engagement with the developers, is one that I also think really needs to have an open source counterpart, without any of the data collection and with decentralized, Nostr protocol based storage of user data.
The app is What3Words, and it has revolutionized the way users can leverage GPS navigation, and the sharing of location information, down to 10 sq ft accuracy, anywhere on the planet, including lists of points that each have a field for X number of characters for labelling.
What3Words divides the surface of the globe into roughly 55 billion 10’x10’ squares, and rather than designating them with a sixteen digit GEOREF coordinate set, simplifies the matter of memorizing/sharing a location by assigning a three word identifier to each box, preceded by four forward slashes.
Once a location is selected on the interactive map, it can be navigated to with conventional navigation apps like Apple Maps or Google Maps with a simple “Navigate” button. The app also instantly recognizes any three word combination preceded by four forward slashes as a potential W3W location, and tries to resolve it to a known three word location in the database. What this means is that any location, even those without civic or rural addresses, can be tagged with even a neatly handwritten or other type of sign, and if a user scans it, the app will zoom onto the location and be able to share that location with others via electronic messaging of any kind, or SMS. It is for this reason that emergency services and even some higher end vehicle manufacturers have started to integrate What3Words into their dispatching programs and vehicle dashboards.
Such accurate location information that bypasses the need for active GPS dilution of precision correction, allows users to share easily remembered locations of assets, cold drop locations, targeting info and drone delivery locations with other users in a cool new way.
Have a hot fishing spot on the edge of a river that you want to share with your son? Send him the three words. Have a list of points that directs your friend along a specific route through the bush to safely get to a good hunting blind? Drop and save points as you go or project a series of points from the comfort of your desk, save the list of points, label each point as you wish, and share the list.
I can see a great opportunity for integrating this location information sharing scheme with apps like #bitchat and over LoRa mesh networks.
As someone who does a lot of work in the bush and in places without addresses, this app has really revolutionized the way I direct crews and equipment. The great thing is that in addition to saving each point as a three word identifier, it saves the standard sixteen digit coordinates, which can be longhand copied and pasted into any GPS mapping software for linear and area measurements.
I wonder if the What3Words project is on nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m ‘s radar. I see endless possibilities for creating something similar in open source.
Here’s a sample location if anyone wants to test out the app on the web or via the iOS/Android app with a simple copy/paste:
///bigger.chairs.fever
Have fun
Sorry correction. It’s 3 forward slashes and each word separated by a period.
One of the software projects that I was able to get features successfully added to in its earlier days through simple direct user engagement with the developers, is one that I also think really needs to have an open source counterpart, without any of the data collection and with decentralized, Nostr protocol based storage of user data.
The app is What3Words, and it has revolutionized the way users can leverage GPS navigation, and the sharing of location information, down to 10 sq ft accuracy, anywhere on the planet, including lists of points that each have a field for X number of characters for labelling.
What3Words divides the surface of the globe into roughly 55 billion 10’x10’ squares, and rather than designating them with a sixteen digit GEOREF coordinate set, simplifies the matter of memorizing/sharing a location by assigning a three word identifier to each box, preceded by four forward slashes.
Once a location is selected on the interactive map, it can be navigated to with conventional navigation apps like Apple Maps or Google Maps with a simple “Navigate” button. The app also instantly recognizes any three word combination preceded by four forward slashes as a potential W3W location, and tries to resolve it to a known three word location in the database. What this means is that any location, even those without civic or rural addresses, can be tagged with even a neatly handwritten or other type of sign, and if a user scans it, the app will zoom onto the location and be able to share that location with others via electronic messaging of any kind, or SMS. It is for this reason that emergency services and even some higher end vehicle manufacturers have started to integrate What3Words into their dispatching programs and vehicle dashboards.
Such accurate location information that bypasses the need for active GPS dilution of precision correction, allows users to share easily remembered locations of assets, cold drop locations, targeting info and drone delivery locations with other users in a cool new way.
Have a hot fishing spot on the edge of a river that you want to share with your son? Send him the three words. Have a list of points that directs your friend along a specific route through the bush to safely get to a good hunting blind? Drop and save points as you go or project a series of points from the comfort of your desk, save the list of points, label each point as you wish, and share the list.
I can see a great opportunity for integrating this location information sharing scheme with apps like #bitchat and over LoRa mesh networks.
As someone who does a lot of work in the bush and in places without addresses, this app has really revolutionized the way I direct crews and equipment. The great thing is that in addition to saving each point as a three word identifier, it saves the standard sixteen digit coordinates, which can be longhand copied and pasted into any GPS mapping software for linear and area measurements.
I wonder if the What3Words project is on nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m ‘s radar. I see endless possibilities for creating something similar in open source.
Here’s a sample location if anyone wants to test out the app on the web or via the iOS/Android app with a simple copy/paste:
///bigger.chairs.fever
Have fun
As a kid who grew up with my Mom working part time at a local slaughterhouse with a retail butcher shop at the front, can verify. It also honed my sales techniques as I tried bartering off my head cheese or blood and tongue sausage sandwiches for PB and J’s that the “normal moms” sent my classmates to school with lol.
And if you have any other recommended Nostr follows for the lower mainland or the island, I do make it over there to visit family once every year or two still. Usually the Okanagan, then Nanaimo and Parksville
Angel Studios and their app that gives you access to their free and premium content are awesome. I’ve put a couple libertarian minded friends with young kids into The Tuttle Twins and they have really liked it. I’ve really enjoyed The Chosen series as well about the life of Jesus and his disciples.
Cool will do! My old stomping grounds. West Van, North Van, Kitsilano, Surrey, Langley, Chilliwack. I get routinely reminded of BTC Vancity meetups on the Meetup app. Looks like they do it up right.