Ask HN: Easiest Way to Verify Location?

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6 years ago

I'm interested in creating a product (e.g. something that works with Meetup.com) that would require us to verify they went to the meetup location. This should be as seamless as possible for the user, preferably without them downloading a new app.

How could we: A) allow the meetup organizer to ping phones to verify the people that went to the meetup

B) use Google Maps to allow users to give us a one-time ping of their location

Edit: We'd essentially reward the organizers for getting people to show up. We want it to be as difficult as possible for them to game.

Much appreciated

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