* http://thejeshgn.com/2012/10/16/instgram-for-crowdsourcing-postbox-locations/ * * *
I have been using instgram a lot. If you follow me on instagram you would have noticed pictures of postboxes. If you check the details they all have a similar tagging pattern. They all are tagged with #openbangalore #postbox and #pin . The last tag #pin<pin_code> in real will look like #pin560100. All these pictures belong to my secret project called postboxes. I like sending post cards. It’s such a pain to send post card because its difficult to find a postbox. There aren’t many these days. So for last few months I had been taking geo tagged pictures thinking one day I will clean them up. But that never happened. But then instagram gave me an option to collect and organize this data in a fun way. I jumped into it. So now I instagram a post box with #openbangalore #postbox and #pin<pin_code>. I also geo tag them. I have a script which uses the instagram API and pulls the image url,Tags, Location, Time, User credits out of it. Cleans up that data and inserts into a SQLite database. Now I am waiting for the database to build. I am planning to write a web app where you can search for a postbox depending on location or pincode. Of course I will make the DB available at OpenBangalore<http://openbangalore.org/> once we reach minimum data. *Contribute:* If you live in Bangalore and use instagram. 1. Please take picture of postbox using instagram 2. Tag it with #openbangalore #postbox and #pin where is real pincode 3. Geo tag it before submitting If you are interested in running similar project in your city. You can do that too. Use the following code pull the data. Change the tag #openbangalore to something that makes sense for your city. * *Thej -- Thejesh GN | ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ http://thejeshgn.com GPG ID : 0xBFFC8DD3C06DD6B0 -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected].
