Hi there,
Between my job, the crossfindr app, the lego project and the upcoming ‘Ignite Medellin‘; I have been a little busy to update my blog… I’m trying to write a post about what I learnt building Crossfindr, but meanwhile check out my current projects:
This is Billy Tobon, broadcasting some thoughts on dev, crossfit, arduinos and other stuff that cross my mind.
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Hi. I am very interested in how you did the crossfinder app – specifically how do you get the locations of all the crossfit boxes? Is that coming from some pre-existing database out there?
Im a crossfitter at Crossfit Santa Clara in California and I absolutely love it. I am also a coder and dable in PHP, XHTM, Photoshop, and all that.
I hope you can answer my question
Thanks,
Trisha
Hi Trish,
For the crossfindr app I have basically created a database (mysql), set an API (python) and consume it via REST from the iphone app (Ojective-C).
For the locations, I sent multiple mails to the crossfit HQ looking for a database, but they never replay, so I had create kind of a crawler that search for crossfit websites over google and gets the location if available, but thats really inaccurate. So I had to QA the data manually.
After the app lunch a lot of affiliate owners sent me updates and new sites what keeps the database updated.
I’m pretty sorry for the delayed reply, this comment went to spam for some reason.