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439 points david927 | 2 comments | | HN request time: 0.534s | source

What are you working on? Any new ideas which you're thinking about?
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tokioyoyo ◴[] No.44416831[source]
I wrote a simple app last year that put all my Apple Watch workout routes on a simple map, so I can see how much of the city I’ve covered (all existing options were paid, and I was too cheap for it). Now I have some time, so rewriting it properly that’s based on neighbourhood, completion %s, achievements and etc. It’s weirdly fun, because I’m not a mobile engineer, but satisfying to see hundreds of users per month using my app.

Also, every region has different ways of representing a “neighbourhood”, so I get to learn how to extract viable data from each city. Lots of map stuff, I’m genuinely enjoying it!

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1. nicbou ◴[] No.44416923[source]
This sounds wonderful. Do you have some writeup about it or screenshots?
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2. tokioyoyo ◴[] No.44417327[source]
Hm, the new version is very rough right now, as I've been focusing on API/Data side of things. But generally the idea is something like these: - https://uc792df8aab8345f71952cc54569.previews.dropboxusercon...

- https://uceed957a657be57d7d53af97504.previews.dropboxusercon...

It felt good when I was able to figure out how to generate all the neighbourhood data for any given city. A bunch of fun OSM data manipulation though.

If you meant the app that I wrote last year, it's here - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mapcut/id6478268682. The idea is much simpler though, as I mentioned.