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RE: toot.fedilab.app/@apps/1162459…

#PawFed is not limited to reports about animals found or in distress. You can use it to offer help or ask for it.

Use #offer when you provide help, #request when you need it, #info to share useful information.

Everything works through #ActivityPub. If you delete your original post mentioning @PawFed, the related report is automatically removed from the map. No database ghost. You stay in control of your data. (1/3)


#PawFed is a project close to my heart. It's a collaborative map for animal welfare that bridges the #Fediverse and #OpenStreetMap.

The idea: mention @PawFed from your Mastodon account with hashtags and a location, and your report appears on the map. No signup, no app, just your existing Fediverse account.
It's not perfect yet, but the foundation is there. I will publish the source code soon under AGPL.

More: pawfed.org/how-it-works


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PawFed is not tied to any country or language. Right now it works in French and English: #chat #perdu and #cat #lost produce the same report.
But the goal is to go further. Hashtag and keyword detection is based on translation files. When someone contributes a new language, PawFed starts understanding posts in that language automatically. (2/3)
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The map combines community reports from the #Fediverse and shelters and veterinaries from #OpenStreetMap loaded in real time as you zoom in.
PawFed is built to be a community project, not a one person effort. There will be many ways to contribute beyond posting reports.
If you find the project useful, don't hesitate to share it. Thank you. (3/3)
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look @julian isn't this sorta what you were just talking about with hashtag combining schemes
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Yes, that would really help. I will set the priority in the Weblate project for the part used to understand tags inside messages. Thank you for your continuous support on projects :)