2016/NYC/Venues and Checkins

 Checkins, Locations, Venues  was a session at IndieWebCamp NYC 2016.

(lots of stuff from: IRC starting at https://indiewebcamp.com/irc/2016-01-22#t1453498993472 )

Demo: old and new tommorris.org checkins.

Venues

 * Issues with openstreetmap and derived APIs.
 * issues w/ licensing of Foursquare data

Want
Offline (actually async) checkins!

Why? Because:
 * not always online (e.g. underground in a subway station without even cell service nevermindwifi)
 * do not want to wait for network! most of the time checking into places I've checked in before, therefore *should* be cached.
 * minimize distraction from being "present" and present surroundings (politeness, safety etc.)
 * should ok to add checkin comments (shouts), stickers etc. later
 * "Post(square)" workaround is awkward - sometimes confuses or annoys friends on Swarm/Foursquare.

Tools

 * http://maps.me/ for iOS and Android - works well offline; can save bookmarks with notes
 * can export bookmarks on iOS to email attachment (KMZ), or to any number or sharing sources on Android
 * KMZ file could be used to seed a maps database
 * possible future IndieWeb project - forking Maps.me iOS/Android apps to use as Swarm-style checkin apps
 * "offline foursquare" projects
 * https://technobabbl.es/2015/11/blast-from-the-past-offline-foursquare/
 * aaron straup cope's privatesquare: https://github.com/straup/privatesquare