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A comment on the idea "Please make search easier on me" in Brightkite:

Marie, we pull all of our location data from Google's geocoder. I tested searching the locations you mentioned above in Google Maps and it seemed to have a hard time with them. This would explain why our database is not returning the proper results for you. There's no easy way for us to fix this, but we are doing what we can to make the location searches better. This beta is all about working out the kinks, so please bear with us. :) – Lesley, on August 29, 2008 16:42

Marie replied on August 29, 2008 12:09 to the idea "Please make search easier on me" in Brightkite:

Took me maybe 5 minutes trying to work out how to check in to Las Pinas City. I tried the map, but couldn't pinpoint a spot. I tried Philippines, found other cities, but I can't figure out how they got that working, e.g. "Mandaluyong, National Capital Region, Philippines". I finally checked the FAQ and googled for the latitude/longitude but now it says, "Las Pinas, , Philippines"... which looks kinda ugly -- ideally, there should be National Capital Region too in between.

A comment on the idea "Please make search easier on me" in Brightkite:

wizard04 is correct, you would just search for "@starbucks in Denver, CO" or "@starbucks near zipcode/address". You don't have to do 2 separate checkins. :) – Lesley, on August 28, 2008 23:03

A comment on the idea "Please make search easier on me" in Brightkite:

Just search for "someplace near somecity", like in google maps. – wizard04, on August 28, 2008 12:15

quepol replied on August 28, 2008 07:49 to the idea "Please make search easier on me" in Brightkite:

the most recent changes are not an improvement for those of us who travel a lot. i can understand the value of one search box if all my queries are in the same city, but they're not.

please bring back the optional 2 box search. if i'm in the same city, i can just use the place search; but if not, it's nice to be able to type both the city and the place instead of having to do 2 checkins. i don't want to do 2 checkins -- especially if i'm sending them to twitter or any other service!

googlemapapi replied on August 28, 2008 03:14 to the problem "Overlapping icons in map views" in Brightkite:

nothing useful information..

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We don't currently support pulling from FE because there is no scalable way to consume FE information...we'd have to poll the FE status for every FE user every few minutes...that's fine for a few people, but not for thousands of users.

We've working with the FE team to address this (probably through an XMPP-based push service).

maique replied on August 27, 2008 03:10 to the idea "Editing placemarks" in Brightkite:

one more in favor of editing.

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scerruti replied on August 27, 2008 00:35 to the problem "Multiple listings for the same location." in Brightkite:

I ran into this problem at the Charger's game at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego.

http://brightkite.com/places/d2b5576f...
http://brightkite.com/places/f5a827d6...

Now that I know it is an issue I can watch out for it, but it seems like the problem could become extensive (shopping malls, parks). I hope that when you do find a solution you will be able to merge the place stream. Both BiggDogg and I posted photos of the same event, but they are now in separate place streams.

A comment on the question "SMS command for checkin not in reference page." in Brightkite:

Notsheep, checkins should work via SMS with or without the space. I just tested this to be sure and it worked for me both ways. The exclusion of checking in using a placemark is an oversight and we appreciate you bringing it to our attention. We will be sure to update the SMS guides with that information. :) – Lesley, on August 25, 2008 23:18

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notsheep replied on August 24, 2008 15:15 to the question "SMS command for checkin not in reference page." in Brightkite:

There appears to be an inconsistency/error in the sms commands on the Starter Guide/Reference. In the Complete Reference, the checkin is given as:

@address

But in the Starter Guide, it says:

@ address (with a space after the @)

From my testing, it looks like the latter (with the space) doesn't work.

Also there is nothing on either page about checking in using a label (@label), which I think would be a useful addition.

Todd Jones replied on August 22, 2008 21:39 to the question "Facebook app would be amazing!" in Brightkite:

Definitely a 'where we've been map'

Lesley replied on August 22, 2008 18:26 to the question "Facebook app would be amazing!" in Brightkite:

A Facebook app is still in the works and we are curious to hear some feedback from our users. What kind of features would you like to see in the app?

A comment on the idea "fireeagle integration" in Brightkite:

Thanks for the update Lesley. Looking forward to the announcement! – Balaji Dutt M V, on August 22, 2008 11:23

A comment on the idea "fireeagle integration" in Brightkite:

Balaji, we are definitely considering users like yourself in regards to this feature. We will make sure that you are able to pull this data across all of the interfaces and not just using SMS or mobile email. :) – Lesley, on August 21, 2008 22:05

Jeremie Lariviere replied on August 21, 2008 18:48 to the question "Updates Via Instant Messaging" in Brightkite:

i'm looking forward to it coming back

jon replied on August 21, 2008 17:28 to the idea "Automatic Check-ins == You Win" in Brightkite:

i want to be able to go to my Windows Mobile Brightkite app (a native app), and have it guess the vicinity for me.

if it's near a placemark, ask me--"you're close to [placemark name]", want to check in?

if it's not, give a general area name, and ask to check in

if that's not what we want, fall back to a normal search (however you want to implement)

i haven't messed with the Google API, let alone know if there's one for the mobile app, but the hoi polloi may be able to come up with this, now that i think about it--but i'd appreciate it more if it came from brightkite ;-)

j.