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iBurn 2011 very unlikely to be available for Burning Man

by Andrew Johnson August 7, 2011
by Andrew Johnson August 7, 2011

Update, August 18: iBurn 2011 is going to happen. We’ll post the update to Apple next week.

Update, August 11: We are making some progress on getting some camp and map data together. Still no promises, but we’re trying.

I have been getting a lot of emails asking if there will be an iBurn app this year, and the answer is I don’t know, but at this point I am pessimistic. I’d like to ship (at least) the same iPhone and Android apps as last year, with the new data, but I just don’t think the data exists.


Map of Black Rock City on the iPhone

My buddies Jeff and Tom helped set up the Burning Man API and map last year, and they roped in their wives and girlfriends to help too. Most of them didn’t actually go to Burning Man in 2010, but they loved it enough to do the work anyways. The API for 2009-10 is hosted here.

At the tail end of last year’s work, I heard Burning Man brought in contractors to replace the volunteers. If that’s the case, then I guess there are some things you just can’t pay for, because the API isn’t working this year. Here is the API this year. If you paste most of the URLs into the browser, you will see they return bunk data. There is also no map.

Anyways, because of last minute circumstances, my wife and I are not going to Burning Man this year, but we’d be happy to publish the app if the data and map existed. If someone stands up an OSM-style map of Burning Man or provides us with any sort of geo-referenced event/art/camp data in the next week or so, we will produce iBurn again.

Otherwise, sorry! Not sure why the API is so bereft of data this late in the game – maybe I’m doing it wrong?

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