mizmay.com
geographic technologist
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#location #geo #ux #seattle #urbanism
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We worked together to get the data in @openstreetmap.bsky.social & then I used open source tools to create an interactive web map to replace the rest: mizmay.github.io/muddy_branch...
It's staged, hosted, and running entirely from a Github repo, hopefully into perpetuity.
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But, the President of Muddy Branch confided, āļø this now outdated student map is the one they like the best.
So updating and drawing inspiration from it became my goal :).
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FWIW I donāt think the app is creepy. I think itās cool. š
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A further point is that anonymity doesnāt eliminate risk. In some scenarios it creates it.
User control and transparency about how the data is used and stored can help mitigate it though.
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My point is that the potential for creepiness has everything to do with what you do with personal location in the background, only indirectly with what you show and how.
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I get what you are saying, itās reasonable to decide tagging a post or profile with a region doesnāt align with what you want the app to be.
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That makes sense. Your app is about immediacy and location not identity.
Given the potential for anonymity, Iād venture to say the action users take is less about āchecking inā and more about āleaving notesā.
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Forgive me, I do know your app, but Iām spewing out canned info like I donāt š. How very AI of me.
Iām not a bot I swear. I was just confused why tagging a post with a region is creepy?
FWIW your app is less stalkery than Snapchat. A whole generation that came of age on that platform is here now.
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Or for that matter if a photo upload has a geotag.
ĀÆ\_(ć)_/ĀÆ
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TLDR if location information is available, eg machine readable and attached to a user graph, make sure the user knows that by displaying it and providing UI to reliably generalize it or strip it away. This is regardless of whether viewing it on a map or as a hyperlink in a postā¦
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For instance you may want to read or generate user specific feeds, or you may want to share that you are permanently temporarily in town without committing to where exactly.
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Meanwhile if you āareā somewhere, e.g. a region, you may want to link that to a post or profile to show. The utility of this goes beyond wanting to see it on a map.
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so the question becomes how to be transparent and build UX that maximizes user control.
If you check in somewhere, this becomes an artifact of your personal location, particularly if there is a reliable time stamp. But you still may choose to share it with a lot of timeliness and precision.
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The creep factor comes down to how you distinguish between a ācheck-inā and a āperson locationā.
The latter is sensitive, should always be considered PII, and not saved or stored. However any app that uses location will have it at some pointā¦
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Not sure I understand? If you generalize to a region this is going to be meaningless at some scales in a map view. Point locations on a map imply a precise time and place.
In general map views are good for discovery, but they get cumbersome precisely because they are non-linear.
Now for privacyā¦
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#ParticleMan @tmbg.bsky.social #Seattle
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@moira This was my sign today
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I agree itās very confusing. š«¤
I hope @repemilyrandall.bsky.social will explain, as the four dems who did not vote could have put an end to the nonsense of bankrupting public media.
How good would that small victory have felt??
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This part of the state is so close to my heart. Yes, among other things, itās the setting for Twilight. Itās so gorgeous and misunderstood and exactly the kind of place that benefits from public broadcasting.
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āWhat does it look like to live in a world where we all get to be there, not causing harm to each other, experiencing abundance?ā
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@adriennemareebrown.bsky.social, interviewed by Krista Tippett @onbeing.bsky.social overcast.fm/+AATXlFDuYR0
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Hey letās talk! Iām part of the #ATProto Geo Working Group. Weāre interested in what youāre up to, so far seems like the right track.
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The map apps do lie! Iāve been learning my way slowly, but mostly bike around below the cut.
What are your tips for routing in NW Seattle?
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Oops sorry š
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s/villain/scapegoat/ because thatās what he meant.
Heās saying: people (sic) *wanted this* but didnāt want to *do it themselves* because donāt want to be the āvillainsā.
Really heās saying people (sic) ARE villains BUT ALSO cowards.
This is the dominant Republican narrative on good governance.
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Unauthorized by whom?
To me this looks like the carcass of a murdered government service proudly held up like a trophy.
The careful citation of legal statutes and actually impressive documentation further suggest to me this is straight from the DOGE playbook.
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Thatās it! Youāre all caught up.
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5. Now the FBI is investigating alleged civil rights abuses, Fox News is sensationalizing a counter-factual narrative, and a group that manufactured drama just to have something to do on Memorial Day besides honor veterans believes they have some basis for demanding the mayor be removed from office.
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4. The Spokane fundamentalist group was mortally offended and made a huge stink, including holding a demonstration at Seattle City Hall where they restricted people from entering a government building without stating their church affiliation.
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3. The mayor put out a banal statement affirming Seattle is peace-loving and diverse while throwing some shade on āinfiltrating anarchistsā and āright-wing agitatorsā
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2. Police in riot gear pepper-sprayed, hog tied and arrested 23 counter-protesters in a less than ideal effort at crowd control.
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1. On Memorial Day a fundamentalist group set up a sound stage in Cal Anderson Park to accuse gay and trans people plus Seattle just generally of corrupting their children, who of course they brought along.