🆕 blog! “Rebuilding FourSquare for ActivityPub using OpenStreetMap”
I used to like the original FourSquare. The "mayor" stuff was a bit silly, and my friends never left that many reviews, but I loved being able to signal to my friends "I am at this cool museum" or "We're at this pub if you want to meet" or "Spendi…
Ah, looks like it's geolocate Super Bowl Commercial season again! I never watch the game, but geolocated every single ad last year... #geolocation#superbowladgeolocation
Volkswagen 2024 commercial (teaser available only now). Busy street scene is 40.75342,-73.9804... 505 5th Avenue, New York, NY. Street has changed and no longer looks the same. Interestingly enough, this was back when the VW Beetle was a Nazi car. #SuperBowl#geolocation
"All too often, Americans are tracked by serial data hoarders that endlessly vacuum up & sell their personal information."
Today the FTC took action against data aggregator InMarket for tracking & monetizing ppl’s precise location data. FTC Order Will Ban InMarket from Selling Precise Consumer Location Data. InMarket will also be prohibited from selling, licensing, transferring, or sharing-.
Baby Driver parking spot (opening scene) - 140 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia. Park where the BMW is. 33.75722,-84.387965 #movie#geolocation#BabyDriver
Embrace another transformation powered by #technology!
This article delves into using affordable #geolocation equipment to capture precise locations of each find during an archaeological survey. It shares our experience using #dGNSS equipment, revealing how it enhances #data recording and representation. Read: https://doi.org/10.1017/aap.2019.21
Join us on this journey if you're also interested in utilizing technology in archaeology!
Flash flooding in Pago Pago (which apparently is covered by the National Weather Service) #PagoPago#Flood (Wondering if anyone in Pago Pago is actually on the Fediverse?)
Ha, click on a random location and get a disaster and geolocation in one. Here's that spot in Pago Pago in 2009. -14.27290,-170.70339 #geolocation#disaster#tsunami
Random #geolocation of the morning. Audi commercial. In Google Earth 3D, under construction (same house... located by architecture + view of the ocean). Malibu, California.
Random #geolocation for the morning. The "Road to Nowhere" in the Talking Heads video. Approximately 34.7350,-117.7727 (Lancaster, California) #TalkingHeads (h/t @LyleDAL for the video link, LOL)
@crassuck You know this, but for the benefit of the peanut gallery, geolocation to 34.14288072,-118.89240868 -- I should go calculate the exact day/time based on the location of the sun. #geolocation#muppets#movie
I wanted to try the default mastodon social instance to get the hang of it - and I know there’s all kind of specific-interest ones like for art, music, tech, games, etc. but does anyone out there have some recommendations for other decent, all-purpose ones?
...local timeline.
The same holds true for anyone into posting pornographic materials. Many sites have a rather "Puritan" approach and even a pic of bare female breasts might get you suspended (think of being in #RDS's #Florida 😉). On the other hand, there are many instances that allow porn videos.
There are more things to consider, e.g. the #geolocation of the provider ("collaboration" with national law enforcement, just imagine you'd a pregnant, under-age..
Random movie geolocation. "Gravity" with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. Persian Gulf -- Cairo the lights on the left. Suez Canal below. #geolocation#movies#space
Oh look, "The Matrix" looks exactly like Sydney, NSW, Australia. And they have Morpheus held at approximately -33.8666, 151.2109. #geolocation#movie#thematrix
This one is tough, zoom lens and the buildings have changed a bit since then. Probably taken from around -33.8711, 151.2046. #TheMatrix#geolocation#movies