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Developer Builds Open-Source 'Spatial Memory' App for Location-Based Notes
A developer created a location-based app that lets users leave notes, photos, and stories only visible to people within 50 meters of the GPS coordinates. The project, built with PostgreSQL and PostGIS for spatial queries, is open-source on GitHub. The app aims to create a 'Pinterest for the physical world' with progressive privacy settings.
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The concept is intriguing but faces adoption hurdles; proximity-based discovery is novel but may struggle against existing geotagging features in mainstream apps.
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