spacebarchat / spacebarchat/server

New message type and query system for geographical data

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Instant messaging servers have an enormous infrastructure for routing and querying messages. However, very few of them support the necessary message types for complex (involving more than a single coordinate) geographical/spatio-temporal data. One of the examples in the space is WhatsApp's ongoing location share.

Describe the solution you'd like
A new message type can be used to describe this feature.
Endpoints and data structures: TODO

Describe alternatives you've considered
Adding the attribute into existing message types.

Additional context
Can also be useful for IoT applications.

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points, and leaves the endpoints and data structures as TODO. Start by locating the server's existing message-type and query-system definitions; the work is complete only when the geographical/spatio-temporal message type, endpoints, and data structures are specified and implemented.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
15/100

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