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location analytics
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How HN took it
2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Idea: 2 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.
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What HN said
What people liked
Good analysis that shows where the two services stand
From 1 comment
Very good analysis. This gives a good picture as to where the two services currently stand. Surprisingly Facebook is doing better than I would have predicted. I don't think…
OmarIsmail on HN
Interesting work and useful data
From 1 comment
When comparing numbers, did you normalize by time? Facebook places has not been around for nearly as long, so even if they have more people who use the service regularly at those…
thinkbohemian on HN
Objections
Not normalized by time, so Facebook Places' shorter history is not accounted for
From 1 comment
When comparing numbers, did you normalize by time? Facebook places has not been around for nearly as long, so even if they have more people who use the service regularly at those…
thinkbohemian on HN
Requests
Repeat the analysis later to show growth trends
From 1 comment
Very good analysis. This gives a good picture as to where the two services currently stand. Surprisingly Facebook is doing better than I would have predicted. I don't think…
OmarIsmail on HN
Count venues per city across North America over time
From 1 comment
Very good analysis. This gives a good picture as to where the two services currently stand. Surprisingly Facebook is doing better than I would have predicted. I don't think…
OmarIsmail on HN
Visualise the results
From 1 comment
When you say "near" can you choose the radius? Also does their API return a value such as "total results"? If the answer to both are yes then you can be quite strategic in how…
OmarIsmail on HN
Questions
Can the search radius be set and does the API return total result counts
From 1 comment
When you say "near" can you choose the radius? Also does their API return a value such as "total results"? If the answer to both are yes then you can be quite strategic in how…
OmarIsmail on HN
What the author thought of the Google Earth visualizations
From 1 comment
Unfortunately the answer is no and no. Foursquare returns the closest 50 venues, period. Facebook on the other hand is much better. They let you set a radius and a limit to the…
alooPotato on HN
Alternatives named
Foursquare API
From 1 comment
Yep - planning on doing it one more time in May. Not sure how I could get the number of venues in a particular city WITHOUT doing these crazy number of API requests. The API…
alooPotato on HN
Facebook Graph API
From 1 comment
Unfortunately the answer is no and no. Foursquare returns the closest 50 venues, period. Facebook on the other hand is much better. They let you set a radius and a limit to the…
alooPotato on HN