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Dan replied on June 24, 2008 13:22 to the idea "Tripit and Dopplr - work together?" in Dopplr:

TripIt offers an iCal feed. Get the URL of that feed.

Then give that URL to Dopplr as if you were getting it from, say, Google Calendar. Go to the "Subscribe to external calendars" page on Dopplr and give us that URL.

bopuc replied on June 12, 2008 01:44 to the question "Dopplr Weather Wordpress Widget" in Dopplr:

Hi Scooter,
There's a much longer answer to this but basically it boils down to one thing: there is no freely accessible service that provides reliable, global weather information--be it current, forecast or historical--that we can hook into in a way that would be satisfactory as a "product offering". At least there wasn't the last time we checked...

The problem gets worse when you figure that every weather data provider uses a different, often in-house, identification scheme for places, none of which correspond point-for-point with geographical place identifiers.

I did find one or two that offer Lat/Long based searching, but their APIs are closed/commercial, if they exist at all.

Thanks for the inquiry. Believe me, we would *love* to see it too, and the sooner the better. The more folks ask for it, the closer we might get.

best,
B.

Dan replied on June 11, 2008 13:04 to the question "Dopplr Weather Wordpress Widget" in Dopplr:

I don't know of any at the moment. It's a good idea, though, and we'll see what we can find. We're working on how to get weather information with Dopplr trip info inside our site, meanwhile.

Alexander Baxevanis replied on June 03, 2008 09:37 to the question "Is there a way to add custom transport types to my trip?" in Dopplr:

Apparently people have already started investigated the carbon impact of human spaceflight:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/...

Alexander Baxevanis replied on May 23, 2008 12:49 to the question "Is there a way to add custom transport types to my trip?" in Dopplr:

Just wait until space travel becomes mainstream & you'll have to design DOPPLR INTRGALACTK (BETA) - how do you calculate the impact of ion propulsion engines emitting ions that pollute the space vacuum? I guess the space-friendly way of traveling will be by solar sail...

Matt Jones replied on May 23, 2008 12:39 to the question "Is there a way to add custom transport types to my trip?" in Dopplr:

"Other" might allow us to enter the carbon data from ESA's Ariane-5 Rocket that AMEE have... although not sure we have 'geo-stationary orbit' as a destination.

Alexander Baxevanis replied on May 23, 2008 12:33 to the question "Is there a way to add custom transport types to my trip?" in Dopplr:

I second this request: just tried to add my London to Brighton cycling marathon but there is no cycling option. And having to put it under car/train/air looks really silly - I wish there was just an "other" option. I like to have correct data for my record as well - not just for the carbon calculation. But at least adding the carbon profile for the bike should be easy - it can simply be zero. Or do we need to count carbon needed to produce all the food and drink that will enable me to cycle such a distance? Now I'm confused!

A comment on the question "Is there a way to add custom transport types to my trip?" in Dopplr:

I especially approve of the walking/cycling/bus part :) – kira, on May 22, 2008 18:33

Philip replied on May 18, 2008 20:47 to the idea "Dopplr should partner with TripIt!" in Dopplr:

tripit allows a user to publish an ical feed, so you could just pull that feed.

A comment on the question "Is there a way to add custom transport types to my trip?" in Dopplr:

That's great about the buses, maybe you can then have a "none of the above" option, for those of us who occassionally travel by cycling, walking, or....boats! thanks for your answer – ladelentes, on May 12, 2008 06:34

Dan replied on May 10, 2008 17:50 to the question "Is there a way to add custom transport types to my trip?" in Dopplr:

Thanks for the suggestion. We are definitely looking at adding bus transport to the choices. Ferry is less likely, partly because the data source we use for carbon usage doesn't include that.

Dan Gillmor replied on March 15, 2008 19:36 to the idea "Dopplr could use a way to designate people you are traveling with on a particular trip." in Dopplr:

Good idea -- I'll make sure the team sees this.

Dan Gillmor, an employee of Dopplr, replied on November 09, 2007 20:31 to the problem "I should be able to add a note to a trip in the journal":

Stowe, noted...

Dan Gillmor started following the problem "I should be able to add a note to a trip in the journal" in Dopplr.

Dan Gillmor, an employee of Dopplr, replied on September 17, 2007 04:09 to the question "Is there a plan to add airports or flights? Placely has this already, but is not so nice to use as Dopplr.":

Ah, a transfer is different, and we don't really have a good answer for that at the moment. I suppose you might create consecutive trips, which isn't ideal, of course.

(One thing I have to ask: How do you meet people at airports during transfers? Do you go outside of security and then go back through security? Because you can't get into the main terminal without a boarding pass. Seems like a fairly rare case, but maybe I'm missing something...)

Dan Gillmor, an employee of Dopplr, replied on September 16, 2007 18:16 to the question "I was hoping that the Dopplr blog was going to be the place for telling us what is going on with development, but it seems not.":

A very fair comment. We'll be upgrading the blog to cover just these sorts of things in the future...

Dan Gillmor started following the question "I was hoping that the Dopplr blog was going to be the place for telling us what is going on with development, but it seems not." in Dopplr.

varske replied on September 16, 2007 17:00 to the question "Is there a plan to add airports or flights? Placely has this already, but is not so nice to use as Dopplr." in Dopplr:

Ok, I tested a few airports, I believe you.

But it doesn't help for flights with a transfer through an airport which might be a very convenient place to meet people even if your trips don't overlap.

I know you can do it in the notes, but what about a permanent solution.

Dan Gillmor, an employee of Dopplr, replied on September 16, 2007 15:39 to the question "Is there a plan to add airports or flights? Placely has this already, but is not so nice to use as Dopplr.":

Airports are already in the gazetteer. Just type in the three-letter code and Dopplr recognizes it.

As for adding flights, right now the only way is to put them in the notes you can attach to any trip. We know that's not a good long-term solution, though.

Dan Gillmor, an employee of Dopplr, replied on September 16, 2007 15:36 to the idea "Dopplr Alerts requested.":

Fair enough. We definitely don't want this to be too geeky!