BTC NEAR ME

[graingert]

seems to be down, "Something went wrong"

it would be cool if you could use a long/lat (ie taken from google maps)

[famulus]

Here is the code for BTC NEAR ME:

https://github.com/famulus/btcnearme

MIT license

[MikeInMass]

I offered to buy, but your code has a bug in the zip code handling.
My 5-digit zip code has a leading zero (02144) and it showed up as "2144".
Can't fix it for you, I'm not a Rails person.

[famulus]

I offered to buy, but your code has a bug in the zip code handling.
My 5-digit zip code has a leading zero (02144) and it showed up as "2144".
Can't fix it for you, I'm not a Rails person.

OK, this should be fixed now

[kseistrup]

http://btcnearme.com/

This seems to be for people in the US, right?  Perhaps you should clarify this on the frontpage…

Cheers,

[mewantsbitcoins]

famulus, great idea, but I was wondering. If I didn't want to buy or sell, just browse the list of nearby trades for future reference, is there a way to do that?

[famulus]

http://btcnearme.com/

This seems to be for people in the US, right?  Perhaps you should clarify this on the frontpage…

Cheers,

It uses googles geo API.  So it should work internationally. Just some debugging needed.

[kseistrup]

It uses googles geo API.  So it should work internationally.

Hm, ok, it's just that it says “Near zip code / postal code” on the frontpage, and entering a Danish zip code doesn't do much good…

Cheers,

[famulus]

I have made several upgrades and tweeks:

http://btcnearme.com/

Better international support, faster, better layout.

[bearbones]

I'm constantly amazed at how spread out bitcoin users are... I signed up when you first posted this, and I was the only one on the list.  Just checked again: same result.  I don't mean to disparage your site, though!  I think it will become very useful soon, and I appreciate that you opened up the code.  I've noticed the same trend with bitmunchies.  I offer grocery pickup in Denver, but none of my customers are even from Colorado.  We can't be that far from critical mass, though... $40M-$50M is definitely real money.

[famulus]

I've finally fixed a huge Geocoding bug that was causing failure every 4th request.

http://btcnearme.com

[Alex Beckenham]

I've finally fixed a huge Geocoding bug that was causing failure every 4th request.

http://btcnearme.com

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Um, cool

[famulus]

I've finally fixed a huge Geocoding bug that was causing failure every 4th request.

http://btcnearme.com

(emails shown publicly, email optional)

Email required to post

Um, cool

I re-worded the error message so it's a bit more friendly.

I'm trying to keep it as simple as possible.

http://btcnearme.com

[marcus_of_augustus]

Really like the simplicity of this famulus, good job

 ... how do the international post codes work, is there a country identifier (prefix/suffix) needed?

[famulus]

Really like the simplicity of this famulus, good job

 ... how do the international post codes work, is there a country identifier (prefix/suffix) needed?

thanks!

behind the scenes it appends the country code based on IP.

[marcus_of_augustus]

behind the scenes it appends the country code based on IP.

cunning ... but no go for tor users then.

Aside: Hope your polywell project gets a boost from bitcoin proceeds.

[famulus]

BTCNEARME just got it's 200th post!

http://btcnearme.com/

[max in montreal]

great idea, but i wish there was a way to edit your postal code...I made a mistake with mine...

[famulus]

great idea, but i wish there was a way to edit your postal code...I made a mistake with mine...

Just added remove email feature.

http://btcnearme.com/

[max in montreal]

wow you  work fast!!! but found another problem...I want to be the main guy in my area...so i now have the ability to delete anyone close to me...