Comments on: Mac app changes desktop to local satellite image http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 14:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ray Perkins http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456704 Ray Perkins Sat, 23 Jun 2012 10:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456704 Or just run: http://www.stratocam.com Or random StreetView: http://www.mapcrunch.com/ Or just run: http://www.stratocam.com
Or random StreetView: http://www.mapcrunch.com/

]]> By: nitko http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456659 nitko Sat, 23 Jun 2012 05:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456659 Is this something like live maps on android active background that everybody's using for years now? Wouldnt it be far more useful on mobile then on desktop - looks like we have to wait few more years for apple to copy the idea properly, as usual. Is this something like live maps on android active background that everybody’s using for years now?
Wouldnt it be far more useful on mobile then on desktop – looks like we have to wait few more years for apple to copy the idea properly, as usual.

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456645 pjcamp Sat, 23 Jun 2012 04:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456645 I'm sure it doesn't use Google. I’m sure it doesn’t use Google.

]]> By: Tom Forest http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456603 Tom Forest Sat, 23 Jun 2012 02:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456603 Android has maps as Live Wallpaper, shouldn't be too hard to impliment on iOS? http://youtu.be/Etb36J2ikAs Android has maps as Live Wallpaper,

shouldn’t be too hard to impliment on iOS?

http://youtu.be/Etb36J2ikAs

]]> By: John Vance http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456573 John Vance Sat, 23 Jun 2012 01:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456573 I keep hoping something like that happens to me. I need my fifteen minutes of internet fame goddamnit! I keep hoping something like that happens to me. I need my fifteen minutes of internet fame goddamnit!

]]> By: John Vance http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456572 John Vance Sat, 23 Jun 2012 01:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456572 Soon: New Mac app changes desktop to random Google Maps satellite image! Soon: New Mac app changes desktop to random Google Maps satellite image!

]]> By: jerwin http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456521 jerwin Fri, 22 Jun 2012 23:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456521 My ipad is certainly more mobile than my mac's desktop, though its home screen is also more cluttered with icons. My ipad is certainly more mobile than my mac’s desktop, though its home screen is also more cluttered with icons.

]]> By: Bob Webb http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456466 Bob Webb Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456466 The chap who made this app seems to be based here: http://scraplab.net/ Might be worth sending him an email. The chap who made this app seems to be based here: http://scraplab.net/ Might be worth sending him an email.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456460 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456460 My IP (in Palm Springs) has geolocated from Michigan to Hawaii. My IP (in Palm Springs) has geolocated from Michigan to Hawaii.

]]> By: Jim Schmidt http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456417 Jim Schmidt Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456417 Works on my dual screen just fine. The only problem is the map it pulled up shows that I'm working in a hole in the ground. Bing's sat photo is so old that my place of employ is just a construction site, and we've been moved in here almost two years now. Works on my dual screen just fine. The only problem is the map it pulled up shows that I’m working in a hole in the ground. Bing’s sat photo is so old that my place of employ is just a construction site, and we’ve been moved in here almost two years now.

]]> By: Gyrofrog http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456404 Gyrofrog Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456404 Without looking... is that Heathrow? Without looking… is that Heathrow?

]]> By: Anthony Vila http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456381 Anthony Vila Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456381 Job #1 - go outside, lay Macbook on the ground with screen facing up.  Wait for the satellite to take a picture.  Job #1 – go outside, lay Macbook on the ground with screen facing up.  Wait for the satellite to take a picture. 

]]> By: Andrew Justice http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456368 Andrew Justice Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456368 This needs to be an iPhone/iPad app! This needs to be an iPhone/iPad app!

]]> By: hadlockk http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456328 hadlockk Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456328 My blackberry didn't have GPS, but Google Maps could approximate my position within 300 ft based on signal strength of nearby cell towers. This feature seems to be disabled on phones with built-in GPS for some reason. It's good enough for getting  "my location" to X directions though, which is all that really matters. My blackberry didn’t have GPS, but Google Maps could approximate my position within 300 ft based on signal strength of nearby cell towers. This feature seems to be disabled on phones with built-in GPS for some reason. It’s good enough for getting  ”my location” to X directions though, which is all that really matters.

]]> By: Thomas Thurston http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456318 Thomas Thurston Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456318 Nice. Now I can spy on myself. Nice. Now I can spy on myself.

]]> By: Michael Robinson http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456303 Michael Robinson Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456303 Doesn't work on dual screen either Doesn’t work on dual screen either

]]> By: miguelnino http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456305 miguelnino Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456305 Would like to see continuous/1 per minute images from a satellite as it scrolls across the sky.   Your desktop would turn into a view out the space station (pinhole like) window.   Hell, a continuous view from the Space Station would be just as nice. Would like to see continuous/1 per minute images from a satellite as it scrolls across the sky.   Your desktop would turn into a view out the space station (pinhole like) window.   Hell, a continuous view from the Space Station would be just as nice.

]]> By: morcheeba http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456302 morcheeba Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456302 Total guess: OSX supports getting your location via a number of ways. It's probably by looking at what wifi networks are nearby and looking them up in a database. http://cocoawithlove.com/2009/09/whereismymac-snow-leopard-corelocation.html Total guess: OSX supports getting your location via a number of ways. It’s probably by looking at what wifi networks are nearby and looking them up in a database.
http://cocoawithlove.com/2009/09/whereismymac-snow-leopard-corelocation.html

]]> By: Slowermo http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456296 Slowermo Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456296 At first I thought this was cool but then I remembered I never go anywhere. Just seeing my house all the time would taunt me. At first I thought this was cool but then I remembered I never go anywhere. Just seeing my house all the time would taunt me.

]]> By: jahxman http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456294 jahxman Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456294 According to this:  http://www.iplocation.net/  if you're getting the location right more than 50% of the time with whois data that's considered pretty good. According to this: 
http://www.iplocation.net/  if you’re getting the location right more than 50% of the time with whois data that’s considered pretty good.

]]> By: That_Anonymous_Coward http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456264 That_Anonymous_Coward Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456264 Cue someone working on their mac in an airport and having the misfortune of a crazed person flipping out over an aerial picture of the airport on the screen and reporting them as a terrorist.... Cue someone working on their mac in an airport and having the misfortune of a crazed person flipping out over an aerial picture of the airport on the screen and reporting them as a terrorist….

]]> By: Joe The Wizard http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456263 Joe The Wizard Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456263 This is really cool. This is really cool.

]]> By: Angryjim http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456247 Angryjim Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456247 dangit. It doesnt work in "snow leopard". (i tried to install lion once and it slowed my computer down to the point of being impossible to work with). This is so far the first time an app I wanted required lion. booo hoo. dangit. It doesnt work in “snow leopard”. (i tried to install lion once and it slowed my computer down to the point of being impossible to work with). This is so far the first time an app I wanted required lion. booo hoo.

]]> By: Saltine http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456244 Saltine Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456244 Anyone know a good place where a URL could suck these down? If so, I might be able to applescript something similar for people on older systems. Anyone know a good place where a URL could suck these down? If so, I might be able to applescript something similar for people on older systems.

]]> By: ComradeQuestions http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456242 ComradeQuestions Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456242 How does it figure out your location without GPS?  Surely IP whois info isn't that accurate. How does it figure out your location without GPS?  Surely IP whois info isn’t that accurate.

]]> By: Saltine http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456239 Saltine Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456239 Requires Mac OS 10.7. Requires Mac OS 10.7.

]]> By: Ian Wood http://boingboing.net/2012/06/22/mac-app-changes-desktop-to-loc.html#comment-1456232 Ian Wood Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167321#comment-1456232 Useless without Drone Camera View. Useless without Drone Camera View.

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