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Anchor @dropanchor.app · 22h

Build 25 adds the like count to the timeline and detail views in the app. A checkin you share can be liked by other logged in users on the checkins page on the web.

Screenshot of the Anchor app showing the timeline feed of a user, with the new likes counts showing for some items

Screenshot of the Anchor app showing a detail checkin view with the new like count.

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Anchor @dropanchor.app · 1d

Build 24 is now out! This fixes the share url to use the new checkin detail page url format.

screenshot of the Anchor app showing the sharing screen after checking in.

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Anchor @dropanchor.app · 1d

Only on the web for now, mobile also coming soon...

Anchor @dropanchor.app · 1d

Anchor might be for personal logging but that doesn't mean we can't be social on the checkins you share beyond your personal timeline. We now support likes ❤️ on the checkins! (comments coming soon)

dropanchor.app/checkins/tij...

Testing image uploads with the perfect location checkin image.

Tijs Teulings 🦑 at Park 't Loo, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, NL

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Anchor @dropanchor.app · 8d

Build 22: Makes the settings screen options functional, but also introduces an option to choose your own location provider. Starting simple for now but eventually will likely do a bring your own api key setup. I believe the target audience for this is nerdy enough that I can get away with this 😛

Settings screen of the Anchor app with an option to choose the geo provider for the nearby and search options.

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Anchor @dropanchor.app · 9d

Build 21 is now available in TestFlight! It brings beautiful photo checkins to the app making it useful for both travel logging as well as food logging, and probably many more use cases.

Also the timeline and detail views have been cleaned up and we brought the delete button to the iOS app as well

Anchor @dropanchor.app · 9d

The dropanchor.app web client now supports image uploads! 🌁 this should make your checkins much more interesting. iOS coming soon! "remember this image from 9 years ago" feature maybe coming someday?

dropanchor.app/checkins/tij...

Tijs Teulings 🦑 dropped anchor at Park 't Loo

Testing image uploads with the perfect location checkin image.

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Anchor @dropanchor.app · 12d

TestFlight link is here: testflight.apple.com/join/gmSQv4Gh

Join the Anchor - Social Check-ins beta

Available on iOS

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Anchor @dropanchor.app · 12d

The new mission for Anchor, focusing on personal location log instead of Swarm clone, has now also been implemented in the iOS app. The latest TestFlight build should now work again with the updated backend. But please logout and back in to get a new session. Bonus: nearby places is faster too.

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Anchor @dropanchor.app · 12d

Should work in any browser near you. Point your bug reports at the GitHub issues page! github.com/dropanchorap...

GitHub - dropanchorapp/location-feed-generator: Location AppView with Feed Generation Capabilities

Location AppView with Feed Generation Capabilities - dropanchorapp/location-feed-generator

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Anchor @dropanchor.app · 12d

Since 5 mins ago @dropanchor.app also support checking in from the website directly. This allows you to use drop anchor on any platform. Also it should keep you busy while I overhaul the iOS app to be more in line with the new personal location logger mission. Enjoy! dropanchor.app/checkin/did:...

Anchor - Location-based Social Network

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Anchor @dropanchor.app · 14d

I’m reworking Anchor to be a personal location logger more than a swarm clone. This allows me to rework the appview as a very thin layer on the PDS where it only needs to do some API endpoints and auth checking. While I’m working on this the site/app will likely be more down than up.

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Anchor @dropanchor.app · 15d

Oh I won’t make promises but a basic web client should be in the cards. Also nice for testing

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Anchor @dropanchor.app · 16d

Would you use a PWA client you think? I've been thinking about making the website more than just read only. On a browser with location permissions it should work reasonable well I think.

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Anchor @dropanchor.app · 16d

Awesome! Sometimes the nearby search will error out because Overpass times out sometimes (<- insert gazetteer here!) but the Nominatim search that powers the search field is pretty robust usually if you know the name of your venue already.

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Anchor @dropanchor.app · 16d

Anchor already support this I guess. A checkin is always for a POI/venue. It's just a checkin record for the text and date and then a ref to a location and a ref to geo record for the POI. In The Netherlands and large parts of Europe this works pretty well with OSM as data is good, in US/CA not sure

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Anchor @dropanchor.app · 16d

wait really? I thought you shouldn't mess with the created date... ok maybe I'll have another look at that then. could be cool to import a bunch of foursquare and google local checkins.

Anchor @dropanchor.app · 16d

If used as a personal logger would you like to have some sort of rating attached? Or just the fact that your logging it is enough info (together with the checkin text and maybe some images of course)

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Anchor @dropanchor.app · 16d

Yeah I'd love to backfill my foursquare export as well but the createdAt date is not something you can set. I guess I could do a checkinDate field and use that in the UI instead but seems a bit dirty.

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Anchor @dropanchor.app · 16d

What you're losing, besides the social aspect, is game mechanics. If you're just doing this for yourself there is no external incentive to keep going, so you need an internal drive to log excursions. Not good for usage numbers likely but since this is open source not a real issue.

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Anchor @dropanchor.app · 16d

..from that. No need for likes, comments. But pictures make sense. Social sharing would still be interesting but incidental; share a specific checkin on Bluesky or elsewhere. Eventually private records might make sense, but we're always storing venues not exact user location, so not a blocker.

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Anchor @dropanchor.app · 16d

Whenever I'm looking at feature set and scope for Anchor I come back to personal location logger more so than Swarm clone. This would allow the app to rely purely on the locations in your pwn PDS for storage. No need for fancy follower graph logic (nor a need to store/cache that). Features follow..

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Anchor @dropanchor.app · 16d

gonna be a long wait... 😘 but it's open source so you could always roll your own client?

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Anchor @dropanchor.app · 28d

Build 19 is now on TestFlight (and plenty spots still open). This one fixes some UI issues but mostly adds the timeline and following feed to the app.

testflight.apple.com/join/gmSQv4Gh

Join the Anchor - Social Check-ins beta

Available on iOS

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Anchor @dropanchor.app · 28d

I'm adding the following feed to the mobile app together with your personal timeline feed. I probably want to get rid of the global feed completely since that's not really something you'd want to have in the long term. So also likely taking that out in the web frontend. What do you think?