Very good idea, for dogs, and other pets indeed; as the ThePetfinder.
1. Needs to get significant traction to be of use. Why not start from one city cover it fully; go US and global, similar to FB/harvard->unis->world. Traction and promotion on facebook seems to be more important than other networks.
2. A classification by users or automatic through image processing, for pet photos may be valuable for found pets to be searched by attributes.
Can I make a suggestion? It might help find some dogs.
A lot of breeds have a society for that breed, for example Jack Russell Terriers have the JRTCA.
These societies have lost and found forums. When someone finds a breed they often go and look for information about them [1]
This worked for me around 1998, I made a post there and my Jack Russell was returned to me by a family almost an our drive from where I lived. How he got there, I don't know but I was very happy to get him back!
Maybe add a reminder to the apps workflow with a link to the forum for that breed.
If you automate the process you could charge for it. I paid $39.99 to a dog finding service back then that I suspect did little.
Your PDF really should have your URL prominently. That way every poster hung up spreads awareness about your site (and dog owners who don't know about it).
Maybe I'm wrong but my understanding is that they use passive RFID technology with a variety of frequencies that aren't compatible without specialized readers. Until recently there hasn't been a standardized frequency for these implants - but I think that's started to improve. With that said, this isn't based on first-hand knowledge - just things I've read online, so I may not be correct based on current technology in phones and what's being implanted in pets.
yes it's a project that I love, but I have never got money from this.The "visitors" is a "Feature" for this app and a it need a good marketing strategy
I think so, some company today offer a service like your suggestion.
But i think that dog finder could be an Hub, because it has a very simple structure, and a set of Rest Api ready to works
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 73.7 ms ] thread1) Report Your dog by iPhone, android o Web app
2) Share the position of your lost/found dog with other users
3) Get the pdf of your report and print it
4) hang poster in strategic places
1. Needs to get significant traction to be of use. Why not start from one city cover it fully; go US and global, similar to FB/harvard->unis->world. Traction and promotion on facebook seems to be more important than other networks.
2. A classification by users or automatic through image processing, for pet photos may be valuable for found pets to be searched by attributes.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dog-finder-mobile/id39566824...
Android app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.ct.dogfinde...
With this apps you can get the list of the dogs around you, send messages, or report a dog with picture, location etc....
Can I make a suggestion? It might help find some dogs.
A lot of breeds have a society for that breed, for example Jack Russell Terriers have the JRTCA.
These societies have lost and found forums. When someone finds a breed they often go and look for information about them [1]
This worked for me around 1998, I made a post there and my Jack Russell was returned to me by a family almost an our drive from where I lived. How he got there, I don't know but I was very happy to get him back!
Maybe add a reminder to the apps workflow with a link to the forum for that breed.
If you automate the process you could charge for it. I paid $39.99 to a dog finding service back then that I suspect did little.
1. http://www.therealjackrussell.com/misc/lostdog.php
Good luck with the site!
To the site creator, you may consider adding the microchip # as an attribute for the lost pets.
Everyone knows pressurenet, right? Distributed barometer network? Distributed RFID network is the next step.
http://www.thetileapp.com/
Any reason you don't appear to have registered cat-finder.org? I see that pet-finder.org is taken but unused.
At least one quick win to be had methinks.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6185275
http://www.dog-finder.org/api-for-developers