The Definitive Location
IndieAuth 3.6.0 was started after the latest refresh of the IndieAuth spec(summary of the changes to the spec here). It actually made things a lot simpler, by eliminating many complexities and fixing some minor issues.
The problem is, returns are not so consistent. Not only will the same coordinates not always produce consistent results, but the fields always change. So, the logic to map to the above properties isn’t always consistent or easy to write.
The second part of the problem is display. How to actually display the information. This isn’t the same as traditional address issue, this is how to display it in context on posts.
For example, for the White House…
Reverse geocoding…taking coordinates and returning a location name, will never be 100% consistent, But I decided I needed to do better than this, and am working to adjust to be more consistent. Unfortunately, with 9 different providers, it takes a while to figure out what I’m going to do. Redundancy is good, but has its challenges.
Measurements in Simple Location have been stored in scientific units(celsius, meters, etc) since 2019, with an option to display in imperial on the frontend. With 4.2.2, the admin will now show in imperial units if you set the setting. This can be overridden on any page by adding the ?sloc_units=metric or ?sloc_units=imperial to the end of the URL.
4.3.0 introduces Meteostat and Visual Crossing as weather providers. Visual Crossing is the first provider that not only offers 1000 queries per day, but pay per use at a fraction of a cent after that. All of the other providers offering a free tier require a monthly fee after that point that well exceeds justification for the amount of posts even the most dedicated poster makes.
Meteostat is a historic only provider. It offers not only an API(key required), but the ability to download all data on a specific weather station(which requires no key). A future version of the plugin could download and cache the weather stations you use the most. For now, only the list of stations is bundled with the plugin, which it uses to determine the closest station.
The National Weather Service, the Met Office(UK), and the Custom Station plugin also cycle through lists of stations to find the closest one.
Expect more enhancements in the weather station category, with so many different ways to get weather stations data.
4.3.0 introduces historic weather support, for providers who offer this without a premium account. This includes Dark Sky(if you still have an API key), Meteostat(which only offers historic data), and Visual Crossing. If someone is paying for premium service on OpenWeatherMap and wants to talk me into adding this, send me a note.
The Fallback Weather provider feature introduced in 4.2.0, which allows for a secondary provider, will be checked if the primary provider does not offer historic weather.
Please remember, somewhere on your site, to provide attribution to the services you use. I’m off to backfill weather on my old posts.
https://boffosocko.com/2020/12/25/automating-syndication-of-reply-contexts-in-twitter-cards-using-ogp-metacrap-and-plugins-in-wordpress/ (boffosocko.com)
I think I understand what you’re working towards Chris and it’s very interesting. One of the problems I have with the current Post Kinds plugin…
The way I implemented Refbacks is essentially this. When someone visits a page on my website, and it has a referer string, it forks into the background a process to retrieve that page, verify it does link, and creates a refback comment. Semantic Linkbacks parses microformats and enhances that comment. It excludes links on the same site, as these are handled already by webmention or even pingback.
One of the things I’ve used this for in the past is to show mentions of my site on the Indieweb wiki.
I have many family photos of time at this place.
Six Flags Atlantis was a water park that existed in the 1980s, and ultimately was demolished after damage from Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
Where the park once sat is a series of retail shopping establishments.
During all this, I have not left the house without wearing a mask, fitted over my nose and mouth. I find masks uncomfortable to wear. Even in cases where I pulled it down outside, when no one but my immediate family was around, if anyone else approached, I pulled it back up.
From others, however, I’ve seen a casual attitude toward the wearing of masks and the downplaying of this. Forcing people to wear a mask during a pandemic is an acceptable infringement on their personal liberties. Society in general is a shared consensus to agree on limitations of personal freedom. If you want absolute freedom, to do anything and everything, we call that anarchy.
I tend to take a centrist point of view to most things. So, let’s accept that some people do not want to wear masks and do not believe in it, and others do.
If you fall into the maskless category, and you encounter someone who is choosing to wear a mask, you can:
Out of these three categories, the only one I object to is the first. So, you don’t believe in wearing a mask….respect those who do. This is what we call courtesy and decency. It applies regardless of belief. You can’t claim ignorance of social distancing as a thing in the current environment.
I personally believe that wearing a mask protects both parties. It isn’t a 100% solution, but what is?
So, if I want to avoid people who won’t respect my beliefs, I could either constantly be vigilant any time I leave my safe zone, which I am…or, as some of those people would suggest, if I don’t like it, I can just lock myself up till this is over.
I’m looking forward to the time where my face can be seen freely in public. However, until then…kindly put on a mask(over the nose and mouth) any time you are within six feet of me, or make an effort to give me space.
Lion Country Safari dates from 1967. The park consists of over 1000 animals in seven sections. Most animals can come directly up to the car, the exception being the lions, who were separated from the public by a fence in 2005 because visitors would not follow instructions and keep their doors and windows closed.
There were previously five other Lion Country Safaris operated by them, but the last closed in the 90s. There are several other companies offering a similar product in various parts of the US. It seems like a great business in the pandemic. You never have to touch anyone.
I was a bit surprised that their solution for contactless payment is eventbrite, but it worked out.
