node.js ko
GeoCommit Live
GeoCommit Live
by Witty Wizards
We display geocommits on a map, that is git commits that are annotated by geolocation with the tools provided by http://geocommit.com. Install our script in your local git repository to participate (GitHub support will be available soon, too). In the future there will also be interesting analytics like commits by altitude. View with Firefox for now.
Judging Instructions
To just watch the world coding, simply visit http://nko2-witty-wizards.herokuapp.com/ and see the git commits appear on the map. To participate, follow the instructions on the site:
- Install geocommit: http://www.geocommit.com/
- Install NodeJS and npm
- Install dependencies: npm install request;npm install crypto
- Put this file into the .git/hooks folder http://nko2-witty-wizards.herokuapp.com/static/notify-geoserver.js
- Add this lines to the end of your .git/hooks/post-commit file (rename post-commit.sample if post-commit does not yet exist): DIR=“$( cd ”$( dirname “$0” )“ && pwd )”;$DIR/notify-geoserver.js
Your git commits should now appear on the map in realtime.
It works best on a current Firefox at the moment.
Who
Bjoern — Berlin, Germany
peritus — Berlin, Germany
eskimoblood — Berlin
homes
How
geocommit.com, Cloudant (couchdb), heroku, Socket.io, Google Maps
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ryahjudge- contestant
Thanks! GeoCommit is used to get the location of a commit and store it in GitHub. Our contribution is a post-commit hook that pings our server which then updates all connected maps in realtime. Agreed upon the install steps. Hopefully in the future GeoCommit could include an option to ping the server, then there would be nothing else to install besides GeoCommit.
whoishozefajudgevery cool app – great way to see where and when software hotspots. Could see this as being pretty fun with lots of folks involved, but unfortunately needs wider adoption
charlesbeelerjudgeI checked this out by looking at the examples – would be fun to watch when enough people are engaged to see where people are active with git commits. Watching real-time or time series commits would be interesting for a range of projects.
mikealjudgeslowpoison
contestantI’m sorry to say I didn’t find this appealing. The use case is pretty limited. And there’s not much I can do with the information.
therazorbladejudgeI can see how this can be fun if it is setup for a specific and very active project. I would have given your 5 stars for completeness if you made is easier to install all this stuff or provided a script to simulate it myself.
jedschmidtjudge+1: a unique interface idea, using realtime commits.
-1: fairly narrow, and not really testable, as it requires non-node.js installation and git hook registration to test. from the rules: “It’s hard for judges (especially the general public) to fairly evaluate entries that require compilation or setup. If you want to submit a non-web app, you’re welcome to, but you aren’t likely to get judged fairly”
carsonmcdonald
contestant
While the idea of this map is interesting it’s unclear to me how much of this is geocommit and how much is original content for Node Knockout. The install steps are too much to gain traction – I would have hoped this could be done without so much work. That said -it’s pretty cool.