I clicked on it, after approving the use of my location, I see a totally empty map of the approximate area that I live in... am I missing something? I tried search and it said it couldn't find the location, not sure what I was supposed to put in the search bar (an address? search term?)
Pretty nice app. Reminds me of Buzz<p>1) When I drag the map, it didn't follow me with chatter
2) You should link your logo (what's with the "done" button?)
3) On google maps, when you click on a marker, it highlights the sidebar, maybe you should do that?
4) Might as well add a get directions button?
5) How about the little yellow guy?<p>Cool stuff.
What this mostly did for me was drive home the point that non-geeks don't really use Foursquare all that much. Kinda embarassing to notice that I know almost half of the people behind checkins in my little 80000 ppl town. Thanks for putting the foursquare hype in perspective for me.
How is the geo-IP lookup performed?<p>It put's my location in rural Algeria (I'm in Nottingham, UK).
It does this even if I check the 'share my location with geosay.com' type warning that Firefox provides.<p>With Chrome & Opera it again puts my location in rural Algeria, however clicking on 'Share location' narrows it down to a map of the whole of the UK (better, but still not too useful).<p>Saying that, I don't think it's a problem with your site, as clicking on the 'show my location' button (above the streetview guy) in Google maps can't find me either and I'm guessing you're using the same google maps API to do your lookups.
I really like it, but there are a couple of things:<p>Populate the map when you get my location, otherwise I think the app is broken.<p>A search for Bloomington, IN (verbatim) got me a tweet for Bloomington, IL. You don't want the same problem for cities like Brown or Jackson.<p>Maybe get rid of the left sidebar altogether? It's just redundant.
I clicked the link and got a prompt to install Chrome. I understand that you might be using some Chrome-specific (HTML5-specific, whatever) features, but throwing out potential user without even showing what he's missing is not cool. Why not to show some demo/screenshots page in case of not supported browser and only then prompt to upgrade?
Initially it didn't bring anything up for my hometown (quite small but there are some foursquare users) but after going to my uni city and back again it actually brought up a surprising amount of stuff. There's a business networking group and a hidden cafe nearby!