[untog]

This problem isn't solved yet. For me at least. I turned on the passive notifications, and they started going off when I was traveling on above ground sections of the subway. Or when I got out by my office.

So I turned them off. Somehow Foursquare needs to crack working out when I want those notifications and when they're irrelevant. They should have enough data to do it.

[lnanek2]

Yeah, I've been using 4sq for years and still do, but just don't have any use for the passive notifications. They only crop up when I'm going somewhere or doing something already. Most amusingly, they've been showing up on flights lately and they are actually correct. Not sure how that even happens since I know Google's WiFi database tends to just have the wrong location for train and plane WiFi in my experience. I'll hop on a train in NYC and it will say I'm in Boston.

[gky2]

I've actually never used Four Square myself but I saw a lot of people use it back in the day... This new feature seems like just the stepping stone for them to implement what they really want, so hopefully in the near future it'll process the type of data you two have mentioned here.