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38 pointsbookofjoe15 comments

Why require an app? This could be perfectly usable as a website, no?

This is a mobile wrapper for https://hengefinder.rcdis.co/

as evidenced by "Want Hengefinder on the go? [https://hengefinder.rcdis.co/ ](Get the mobile app)

I’m a little concerned by how little information is on the website and the fact that the Google Play listing has what are clearly screenshots from iOS.

I tried the web henge near me feature (https://hengefinder.rcdis.co/henge_near_me)

It doesn't work if the road is not straight for it's entire length. It takes the start point of a road and the end point and assumes the road is a straight line between. It should work on individual segments of roads, not whole connected ways. It should only include further segments if they are on the same angle to some threshold. It should include segments from other roads if they are connected and aligned (maybe the road changes name at a crossroads).

It could even include disconnected segments if they align and are nearby but there is a discontinuity in between - sometimes a road junction is drawn in detail in Open Street Map - Often if you are stood at one end of the road you can see through and past the junction.

More information is also available here - https://victoriaritvo.com/blog/hengefinder/

A beautiful project by fellow Recurse Center alums Victoria Ritvo and John Pribyl!

I'd really like if you showed a few examples so we know what we are looking for.

I would have expected at least a few sample real-world photos on that page.

> This app is currently not available in your country or region.

Is there actually reason to not just check all the countries in the list in the app store?

Try the original? https://hengefinder.rcdis.co/

Oh this post again. Kind of made sense to repost it on the solstice, but why again and again and now?

… Advertising?

"A "henge" is when the sun or moon is perfectly framed by a street or appears to sit on top of a building"

Not really?

Well, heck, why not? The more typical modern usage of the word henge means an earthwork consisting of a ring-shaped bank with a ditch in the middle. It was taken from Stonehenge, and note that Stonehenge does not fit that definition of henge (because its ditch is outside the bank). The henge in Stonehenge actually means suspended, as in "suspended stones". So go ahead and pile on another definition also quasi-related to Stonehenge, I say.

sure. let's make every word mean every concept. why not? that won't confuse anyone.

definitely not really.

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