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I disabled the ProximityCast search function until I am able to correct the GeoCoding problem.
You can still search through the Gallery and browse other stuff.
I'll make a post when I have my GeoCoding issue corrected.
If you are not already subscribed to email notifications on this blog, you may do so if you wish for convenient notification of when i have the GeoCoding issue corrected.
Until then, I'm sorry for any inconvenience this may present.
Regards,
Founder out!
Monday, May 17, 2010
Geocoding is Broke
Google offers a service that turns Street Addresses into Lat/Long which is referred to as geocoding. They have recently made changes that breaks my code on ProximityCast until I can get around to fixing it.
Latitude and Longitude still works correctly.
Enter: New Orleans, LA and you will get error messages displayed.
Enter: 30 -91 and it will work properly.
You can easily find Lat/Long of a location from Google Maps. See this blog post for how to do it.
Until I can wade through the changes I need to make to get geocoding fixed I'm sorry for any inconvenience anyone may have.
This is a good point about being in hobby mode: no rush.
Regards,
Founder out!
Latitude and Longitude still works correctly.
Enter: New Orleans, LA and you will get error messages displayed.
Enter: 30 -91 and it will work properly.
You can easily find Lat/Long of a location from Google Maps. See this blog post for how to do it.
Until I can wade through the changes I need to make to get geocoding fixed I'm sorry for any inconvenience anyone may have.
This is a good point about being in hobby mode: no rush.
Regards,
Founder out!
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Street View Recon
Making a trip to the big city soon and have to make a stop at a place we've never been. Checked it out on Google Maps and Street View. I'm relatively confident that we have the location pegged, but we're not 100% sure. We'll find out soon.
Anyone else recon locations you've never been to before on Google Maps and StreetView?
Anyone else recon locations you've never been to before on Google Maps and StreetView?
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Should You Be an Entrepreneur?
I found this quiz here on the Finance Kid's Blog.
Try it for yourself and see where you stand. I said "yes" to twelve and "no" to eight. Some of my no's could have been yeses. Here is my personal analysis of my "no" answers and maybe some of my yes answers.
A. I don’t like being told what to do by people who are less capable than I am.
With my military background I'm perfectly comfortable sitting in the Pilot in Command seat or in the Copilot's seat. What I don't like is when the one who owns the responsibility tries to slough it off on someone else. And, well nuff said. No need to get long winded.
D. I like being my own boss.
I answered yes to this one, but I'm also comfortable having a boss. I like doing a good job! If as my own boss I'm doing a lousy job, I'd rather have a boss above me that is capable of doing better.
F. I like to question conventional wisdom.
I answered no, but that really depends. Does it need questioning? If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
G. I like to get people together in order to get things done.
Depends... I don't know how good I am at this. If there is a need to rise to the challenge I think I'm capable, but I'm content to let other capable people have the spotlight and the glory. Also it depends on why I'm doing it... It's kind of like a man stopping and asking for directions. I'm quick to do so when I'm doing something that needs to get done for someone else, but if it is something solely for my benefit I'm usually loath to bother others.
H. People get excited by my ideas.
No matter how hard I work, I don't see too much excitement over ProximityCast my one idea I'm most committed to. There are a couple of exceptions whom I greatly appreciate. Anybody for "Farmville"? 70 million and growing...
I. I am rarely satisfied or complacent.
"Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am."Philippians 4:11 I don't really like being complacent, but I do cherish contentment. It is nice knowing satisfaction too.
J. I can’t sit still.
That depends on how you are defining that. I like to do things that I feel are worthwhile. It is nice to feel like I am moving forward and making progress, but I don't care to go insane because the hurdles and obstacles can't be cleared by the resources I have access to. I can sit still when I need to.
K. I can usually work my way out of a difficult situation.
I initially answered this no, but I changed it to yes. I'm in a new chapter of my life where due to a medical condition I find that even though I may have "the want to" I can't always come up with "the can do". This is new to me.
L. I would rather fail at my own thing than succeed at someone else’s.
I don't mind helping others succeed. If I'm going to fail, I would rather it be my own failure and not affect others. Doing something is only worthwhile to the extent that it really helps others besides yourself in someway.
O. Members of my family run their own businesses.
I answered no which is not totally true. My dad and my grandfathers were all independent business men. I wish I could have learned more from them.
R. I get an adrenaline rush from selling things.
I think I can enjoy selling something that I really believe in and can really benefit someone. But, how helpful am I straddling someone with a new car they really don't need and a huge monthly payment to go with it? I want to be able to sleep at night knowing I truly helped someone and not harmed them even if it is their responsibility to make good choices.
T. (and here is what I would change .…)
I'd have put yes/no radio buttons beside each question and would have a submit button at the bottom to calculate the results easily and automatically. As far as the questions, I'm still just a student of entrepreneurship. I wish I new all the right questions to ask and the best answers for me.
Otherwise, I enjoyed taking this quiz and sharing with all of you.
That's how I shook out on this quiz today... How about you?
Ciao
Try it for yourself and see where you stand. I said "yes" to twelve and "no" to eight. Some of my no's could have been yeses. Here is my personal analysis of my "no" answers and maybe some of my yes answers.
A. I don’t like being told what to do by people who are less capable than I am.
With my military background I'm perfectly comfortable sitting in the Pilot in Command seat or in the Copilot's seat. What I don't like is when the one who owns the responsibility tries to slough it off on someone else. And, well nuff said. No need to get long winded.
D. I like being my own boss.
I answered yes to this one, but I'm also comfortable having a boss. I like doing a good job! If as my own boss I'm doing a lousy job, I'd rather have a boss above me that is capable of doing better.
F. I like to question conventional wisdom.
I answered no, but that really depends. Does it need questioning? If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
G. I like to get people together in order to get things done.
Depends... I don't know how good I am at this. If there is a need to rise to the challenge I think I'm capable, but I'm content to let other capable people have the spotlight and the glory. Also it depends on why I'm doing it... It's kind of like a man stopping and asking for directions. I'm quick to do so when I'm doing something that needs to get done for someone else, but if it is something solely for my benefit I'm usually loath to bother others.
H. People get excited by my ideas.
No matter how hard I work, I don't see too much excitement over ProximityCast my one idea I'm most committed to. There are a couple of exceptions whom I greatly appreciate. Anybody for "Farmville"? 70 million and growing...
I. I am rarely satisfied or complacent.
"Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am."Philippians 4:11 I don't really like being complacent, but I do cherish contentment. It is nice knowing satisfaction too.
J. I can’t sit still.
That depends on how you are defining that. I like to do things that I feel are worthwhile. It is nice to feel like I am moving forward and making progress, but I don't care to go insane because the hurdles and obstacles can't be cleared by the resources I have access to. I can sit still when I need to.
K. I can usually work my way out of a difficult situation.
I initially answered this no, but I changed it to yes. I'm in a new chapter of my life where due to a medical condition I find that even though I may have "the want to" I can't always come up with "the can do". This is new to me.
L. I would rather fail at my own thing than succeed at someone else’s.
I don't mind helping others succeed. If I'm going to fail, I would rather it be my own failure and not affect others. Doing something is only worthwhile to the extent that it really helps others besides yourself in someway.
O. Members of my family run their own businesses.
I answered no which is not totally true. My dad and my grandfathers were all independent business men. I wish I could have learned more from them.
R. I get an adrenaline rush from selling things.
I think I can enjoy selling something that I really believe in and can really benefit someone. But, how helpful am I straddling someone with a new car they really don't need and a huge monthly payment to go with it? I want to be able to sleep at night knowing I truly helped someone and not harmed them even if it is their responsibility to make good choices.
T. (and here is what I would change .…)
I'd have put yes/no radio buttons beside each question and would have a submit button at the bottom to calculate the results easily and automatically. As far as the questions, I'm still just a student of entrepreneurship. I wish I new all the right questions to ask and the best answers for me.
Otherwise, I enjoyed taking this quiz and sharing with all of you.
That's how I shook out on this quiz today... How about you?
Ciao
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Vis a vis
Anyone ever want to talk about the possibilities of ProximityCast face to face over a beer, let me know through the ProximityCast contact form. Maybe we'll meet...
Founder out...ciao
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
the ProximityCast Advantage
Google's "Street View" is an awesome internet website application, and one of my favorites. Yet, "Street View" does not always deliver the goods.
The Five Guys Burgers and Fries website shows its Mystic, CT street address as:
12 Coogan Blvd
Mystic, CT 06355
If you click the above link and look at their website location map there is a location pin at the corner of Coogan Blvd and Maritime Dr.
The street address pasted into Google Maps shows the same intersection location as the Five Guys website location map:
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Unfortunately the Google Street View Camera Car (GSVCC) did not travel down Coogan Blvd or Maritime Dr. If you click on the little Street View Man icon in the upper left of the Google Map and drag it slightly away from its in situ location all the streets traveled by the GSVCC will show up in blue. If the GSVCC had traveled the road where Five Guys is located we could verify the location before traveling there and possibly being disappointed by not finding the establishment.
Next you decide to ProximityCast the street address:
The yellow #1 shows the street address as the entered Cast Initiation Point.
The yellow #2 shows the distance the street address is from the actual photographer certified coordinate location of the picture view for Five Guys.
The yellow #3 shows the three geographic coordinate formats for this location.
You can easily copy any one of the three formats to paste into Google Maps and check the photographer's certified location.
You can also simply click the "Map View" button right on the Cast Results page to easily see a Google Map mashup right on ProximityCast.com
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The green arrowhead shows the exact location the photographer indicates the picture was taken from. The satellite view indicates a shopping complex that is more likely to house Five Guys as opposed to the inaccurate street address location.
If the GSVCC had driven down Coogan Blvd you could get farther confirmation that this is indeed the correct location. However as ProximityCast grows in popularity and use the individual photographer's accuracy rating can give you a high amount of confidence that if you arrive at the indicated coordinates you will indeed see what the photographer shows in his/her picture.
N41 22.325 W071 57.349
And, there you have the ProximityCast Advantage!
Businesses can take advantage of getListed.org to improve their online visibility. Five Guys has claimed their listing on Google, but they still need to edit the location of their Mystic, CT franchise.
Once that is edited the Street Address will display more accurately and if Google sends their GSVCC down Coogan Blvd you may be able to see Five Guys on Street View rendering this post obsolete like this previous post has been.
Founder out...ciao
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