I have started a spotbook. Long ago there was an app that used the google map API allowing me to create pins, with photos, and add them to a Google My Maps.
The spotbook has been ongoing since 2012. Since then, it has only been the spots that I've found. I would like to open the spotbook up to the Skatehive community.
One thing that makes Skatehive unique is how global the community is. I think we could develop a great database of skatespots together.
To be clear, we are building a skatespot database. The information should be as accurate as possible. The idea is to begin collecting this map data and then merge it into our own app in some way.
The map can be viewed in google earth:
https://earth.google.com/web/@42.40871159,-91.09981105,-10.0136123a,1631684.00783837d,30.00060545y,0h,0t,0r/data=MiQKIgogChwxaWlYem90S0wtdUozbDdVU2RkcFREdmFkR0lJIAI6AwoBMQ
It can be viewed in 2d here:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/edit?hl=en&mid=1iiXzotKL-uJ3l7USddpTDvadGII&ll=45.42625521637057%2C-100.5437214508988&z=4
The comments below this post will serve as the way users can submit spots. The spots will be added manually to the spotbook by me until further notice.
Guidelines for submitting a spot
- Name of spot
- Image of spot (try not to include people in the photo)
- Coordinates of spot. Latitude, then Longitude.
- This can be found by turning location services on with your photos on your phone.
An example spot submission in the comments should look like this:
Painted Plaza
41° 58' 11.838" N
87° 41' 21.432" W
Skatehive App Spotbook
@xvlad has begun implementing the spotbook into our app. The goal is for it to be convenient for people to quickly submit a spot. The submissions will be comments on this post, so I will be notified when people submit them.
lapd small stairs and rails
34° 3' 8.47" N 118° 14' 37.338" W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
tokyo banks
34° 3' 3.97" N 118° 14' 31.992" W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
gap to ledge in between roads
34° 3' 6.74" N 118° 14' 31.032" W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
curved ledge to handrail
34° 3' 13.48" N 118° 14' 27.198" W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
2x waxed out ledge
34° 3' 13.26" N 118° 14' 26.988" W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
ditch spot
37.181129, -101.339091
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
red flatbars
38° 21' 38.742" N 98° 46' 27.198" W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
waxed ledge
39° 5' 18.42" N 94° 35' 15.75" W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
lauridsen skatepark
41° 35' 38.868" N 93° 37' 5.31" W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
6 stair rail
41° 35' 8.772" N 93° 37' 9.372" W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
ledge
45° 0' 22.87" N 93° 1' 59.04" W
45.00635° N, 93.03307° W
downhill slappy
5° 0' 23.63" N 92° 59' 36.378" W
45.00656° N, 92.99344° W
hollywood high
34° 6' 0.49" N 118° 20' 19.728" W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
10 stair brick ground
34° 3' 12.18" N 118° 15' 10.788" W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
gap over handrail
34° 3' 5.81" N 118° 15' 10.71" W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
long waxed ledge
34° 3' 4.3" N 118° 15' 22.818" W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
gap
34° 3' 6.03" N 118° 15' 22.722" W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
gold handrail
34° 3' 7.04" N 118° 15' 27.33" W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
lafayette park
34° 3' 44.94" N
118° 17' 7.992" W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
coblestone quarterpipe
34° 3' 48.94" N 118° 17' 7.248" W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
pole jam
39.76964° N, 105.00194° W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
small kinked 4 stair rail
39° 46' 11.772" N 105° 0' 8.49" W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
hidden DIY
39° 46' 19.14" N 105° 0' 11.54" W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
manual ledge
39.84784° N, 104.67363° W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
16 stair slappy
39.77198° N, 105.00321° W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
bank with handrail
39.72719° N, 104.90360° W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
wallride spot
39° 46' 18.972" N 105° 0' 13.16" W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
handicap rail
39° 46' 5.742" N 105° 0' 25.32" W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
fat yellow flatbar
39° 46' 0.438" N 105° 0' 26.78" W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
8 stair handrail
39° 45' 59.778" N 105° 0' 23.9" W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
crusty ledge to drain
39° 45' 50.988" N 105° 0' 9.09" W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
sundial bank
39.71926° N, 104.93477° W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
sidewalk ledges
39.71794° N, 104.93725° W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
mini handrail and ledge
39.71025° N, 104.97201° W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
6.15080° N, 75.57780° W
Colombia
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to skatehive spotbook.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Esta%C3%A7%C3%A3o+General+Os%C3%B3rio+-+Acesso+E/@-22.9776771,-43.2022172,17.64z/data=!4m10!1m2!2m1!1slagoa+subway+station+rio+de+janeiro!3m6!1s0x9bd5091c4b1d71:0x4b99827f147db998!8m2!3d-22.9789479!4d-43.2007421!15sCiNsYWdvYSBzdWJ3YXkgc3RhdGlvbiByaW8gZGUgamFuZWlyb5IBFnRyYW5zcG9ydGF0aW9uX3NlcnZpY2XgAQA!16s%2Fg%2F11gsmthj1w?hl=en&entry=ttu
your submission was approved. looks like there is a bike rack there now
Got to ollie over it bro haha
thats another one
out ledge to bank
30.45097° N, 97.69524° W
bank to ledge
30.45314° N, 97.69595° W
YES 🍻🍻🍻 let's add some Greek spots for the global skate homies
do it
Praça Sopa De Letras 📍 Santana - ZN
(-23.4994814, -46.6241694)
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and added to the skatehive spotbook!
liquor store ditch
30.45145° N, 97.69503° W
backyard ditch
30.46057° N, 97.63798° W
Campus UFJF, Juiz de Fora, MG
-21.778160, -43.373939
what exactly are we looking at here sir? a stairset over there?
yeh
maybe next time take a photo of the stairs so people can see what the spot is
sim senhor
7 stair handrail
4802 Grand Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55419
6.24709° N, 75.57036° W
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to skatehive spotbook.
very skatologic useful
you can add skateparks too but skateparks are already on google maps usually
El Salado SkatePark w/ WaterFall
https://skatehive.app/post/hive-173115/@xvlad/el-salado-skatepart-in-colombia
Image
Congratulations! your spot has been approved and has been added to the skatehive spotbook!
This is dope! Gonna try to remember to upload some spots next time I'm wondering around.
i wonder how hard it would be to make a portal for uploading a photo like a user could just upload a photo and the computer would automatically detect the coordinates, and write that as a comment on the hive blog post comment then the user wouldnt have to do anything
That sounds possible, but i have no clue how to do that.
What if we made tile QR codes that we can physically stick near a spot, that links ppl to posting to Hive about that spot? Or even one that shows tricks at the spot in a AR app?
Of course I always have a million ideas, and no clue how to execute them. 🙃
a spotbook that rewards users for posting spots might be even more marketable than an app that rewards users for posting their skate content. there could be skatehive users that only post spots
well for the first idea it would be a sticker right. you just make a sticker with something like "post this spot on skatehive!" skaters would fucking hate that, and quickly tear the sticker down. the second idea is a little far off. AR overlay footage of someone skating the spot? not a very thought out idea. im not sure how that would work, let alone, be something that would help market hive towards skateboarders
i love looking for spots
plugerville " skate spot"
30.43303° N, 97.61210° W