location

Geospatial

Geohash Intro

Geohashing is a simple way to encode latitude and longitude and grouping nearby points on the globe with varying resolutions. It was created by Gustavo Niemeyer. This blog post looks at how it's implemented any why it is such an elegant solution for encoding and managing location-based data.

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Startups

Location, Location, Location

I've been meeting other Vancouver entrepreneurs at various networking events and discussing ideas with them. A common theme I'm seeing is that most of them are

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