I Am Here: One Man's Experiment With the Location-Aware Lifestyle
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/wireless/magazine/17-02/lp_guineapig?currentPage=all

Simply put, location changes everything. This one input—our coordinates—has the potential to change all the outputs. Where we shop, who we talk to, what we read, what we search for, where we go—they all change once we merge location and the Web.

Interesting Wired article on Geotagging and photographs. Shows the potentially creepy side of stalking throught the net using geotagged flickr photos!

location, location, location location awareness needn't be invasive or creepy. But it can be isolating.

To test whether I was being paranoid, I ran a little experiment. On a sunny Saturday, I spotted a woman in Golden Gate Park taking a photo with a 3G iPhone. Because iPhones embed geodata into photos that users upload to Flickr or Picasa, iPhone shots can be automatically placed on a map. At home I searched the Flickr map, and score—a shot from today. I clicked through to the user's photostream and determined it was the woman I had seen earlier. After adjusting the settings so that only her shots appeared on the map, I saw a cluster of images in one location. Clicking on them revealed photos of an apartment interior—a bedroom, a kitchen, a filthy living room. Now I know where she lives.

From the magazine

와이어드의 GPS기사

Inside the GPS revolution it's more than maps and driving directions: location-aware phones and apps now deliver the hidden information that lets users make connections and interact with the world in ways they never imagined. The future is here and it's in your pocket.

This is crazy scary!

A great article on the incredible potential (and scary pitfalls) of broadcasting your location at all times. Including some really interesting discussion of the way our social contexts haven't really caught up (e.g. people thinking he was lonely or depressed and yearning for company).

This is scary stuff, I tell you what.

Context and scale, past and future.

Matt Jones's current thoughts on location-based services and the value of "nearish" over "here".

Matt Jones of dopplr de-bunks the b-chino'd hype surrounding in the moment location based apps. Love it.

Perhaps the idea of showing where you are exactly now isn't so good afterall - it's more relevant to talk about where I'll be soon so you can react to it accordingly.

Earlier Matt Jones posting, more mind-bending moments, particularly on the highly temporal value of high resolution location data.

Localize The Twittersphere!

IP Location tools

.nitinh.com/2009/04/ip-address-geolocation-javascript-api-json/ IPAddressGeolocation AddressGeolocation ??? a??????

Zur Spezifikation der Ausschreibung hinzufügen

For example, if you have an ip of 74.125.45.100 (google.com)

Placemaker is a webservice that takes in text and returns the locations found within via either XML or enhanced GeoRSS

"Yahoo! Placemaker is a freely available geoparsing Web service. It helps developers make their applications location-aware by identifying places in unstructured and atomic content – feeds, web pages, news, status updates – and returning geographic metadata for geographic indexing and markup."

How To Trace a Mobile Phone Location with Google Latitude

nging the way we think, behave, and interact.

Something I learned about at the WPSU luncheon yesterday

mapping

Glympse - Share Your Where - http://www.glympse.com/

Share Your Where

socialnetworking location gps technology mobile tech web2.0 http://www.glympse.com/

easy way to find myself in strnge cities

this bookmark brought from the different place.

Nice ways to find local media, local influencers

GeoMaker creates microformats and maps from geographical information embedded in texts. You can either provide a URL to load and hit the "load content" button or start typing your own text and hit the "get locations" button to continue.

Online utility to convert web sites and texts into Maps and Geo Microformats.

GeoMaker creates microformats and maps from geographical information embedded in texts.

Extracts place names from web page text.

The geo-location-javascript framework gives access to mobile web users location via javascript. It hides the underlying platform specific implementation through a simple unified interface.

"javascript geo location framework for the mobile web"

A geo location javascript which determines user location in mobile web. Interesting piece of technology.

Find web visitor’s location automatically with javascript and Google APIs

google maps favorite places

Un nuevo servicio de Google. Bueno, no sabemos si es nuevo pero lo hemos descubierto esta semana. Google Favorite Places: Unos cuantos famosos nos muestran (sobre Google Maps, por supuesto) algunos de sus lugares favoritos. Siempre hemos pensado que Google (o los chinos, en este puto hay discrepancias en el estudio), dominarán el mundo.

Explore the favorite places of local experts from cities around the world. Find out where they like to go, and why, from their own perspectives.

From the Twitter Blog: > We're gearing up to launch a new feature which makes Twitter truly location-aware. A new API will allow developers to add latitude and longitude to any tweet. Folks will need to activate this new feature by choice because it will be off by default and the exact location data won't be stored for an extended period of time. However, if people do opt-in to sharing location on a tweet-by-tweet basis, compelling context will be added to each burst of information. This, along with their mention of the ability to pull messages based on geographic scope, will open up a lot of possibilities. News reporting is one of the biggest ones, but events and even finding people in your neighborhood are obvious extensions.

Redbeacon isn't like typical local search directories that simply return local business listings with ratings and reviews, leaving you to sort through dozens of entries. Instead, we notify businesses and professionals in your area that we believe can serve you best, and invite them to submit a price quote for your job.

Compare prices and book an appointment for any local service!

""this is good""

The goal of AggData is to play a small part in making this sought-out data more accessible, portable and reliable.

great source for aggregated data

AggData is short for aggregate data, which means a set of data that is collected together in one place. On this site, the AggData will come in the form of a list of records, where each record has details about a specific object in the group.

data aggregated by web scraping

another free data library.

All your location needs in one API.

Why the NMEA standard is so much trouble

Away back in the dark and backward abysm of time when GPS technology was first being made generally available (e.g., 1993), only military-grade receivers were sensitive enough to use it where there were things like buildings and trees partly blocking the sky view. The first civilian customers to actually find a use for it were people messing about in boats. Thus it came to pass that the manufacturers of marine navigation systems were the first civilians to grapple with the question of how a GPS receiver should report TPV information over a wire to a navigational computer.

Geolocation EASY

GeoLocation

Foursquare and 5 ways it's (and others) are changing the offline/online world.

Yahoo! GeoPlanet helps bridge the gap between the real and virtual worlds by providing an open, permanent, and intelligent infrastructure for geo-referencing data on the Internet. This page provides open access to the underlying data under a Creative Commons Attribution license so that you can incorporate WOEIDs and the GeoPlanet hierarchy into your own applications. The zip file below contains a license file, a readme file, and three data files in tab-delineated, Unicode (UTF-8) format: 1. geoplanet_places_[version].tsv: the WOEID, the placename, and the WOEID of its parent entity 2. geoplanet_aliases_[version].tsv: alternate names in multiple languages indexed against the WOEID 3. geoplanet_adjacencies_[version].tsv: the entities neighboring each WOEID 4. geoplanet_changes_[version].tsv: the list of removed WOEIDs and their replacement WOEID mappings How Do I Get Started? 1. Learn more about GeoPlanet and WOEIDs by reading the GeoPlanet documentation 2. Download

Yahoo! GeoPlanet™ Data

Yahoo! GeoPlanet provides a resource for managing all geo-permanent named places on Earth.

Open Sourced geo data base. Download and use it!

Dont want to lose your friends? Enter Google Latitude: http://is.gd/ik4R [from http://twitter.com/AdNerds/statuses/1175779092]

See your friends on a map with Google Latitude To start using Google Latitude on your computer, sign in to your Google Account. * See your friends locations and status messages on a full-screen map * Control your location and who gets to see it

Keep track of your friends - really, although not ready for iPhone yet: http://www.google.com/mobile/default/latitude.html [from http://twitter.com/mpondu/statuses/1178291881]

RT @hdmoore: Hilarious: http://bit.ly/98Tmfp ( sharing your location isn't always smart )

je kon er op wachten he.

The internet has everything!

The danger is publicly telling people where you are. This is because it leaves one place you're definitely not... home. So here we are; on one end we're leaving lights on when we're going on a holiday, and on the other we're telling everybody on the internet we're not home. It gets even worse if you have "friends" who want to colonize your house. That means they have to enter your address, to tell everyone where they are. Your address.. on the internet.. Now you know what to do when people reach for their phone as soon as they enter your home. That's right, slap them across the face.

RT @TrendTracker: Entering The Wonderful World of Geo Location - http://bit.ly/9hC2TG RT @smashingmag

Giving the user content that is relevant to the physical space they are in at the moment makes a lot of sense.

attached media to any bar code

A fun and social way to attach digital content to real world objects.

read

FourSquare data + Google Maps interface

pretty slick

Importante Local

Social networking has finally become something valuable for brick-and-mortar businesses. Smartphones and location-based social networks allow users to interact, share, meet up, and recommend places based on their physical coordinates. This real-world connection to social media can mean more foot traffic and profits for business owners.

Foursquare, a location-based facebook and myspace, intends to disperse a free of charge analytics application and dash panel inside the forthcoming days that will allow business people entry to an array of information and also figures regarding guests thus to their organizations.

Foursquare, a location-based myspace and facebook, intends to disperse a free stats instrument along with dash in the forthcoming weeks that could give companies usage of an array of info along with statistics about site visitors thus to their shops.

Foursquare, a location-based facebook and myspace, plans to deliver a free analytics tool and also dash panel in the arriving months that will give business owners access to an array of info as well as data regarding guests for their institutions.

Foursquare, a location-based social network, intends to deliver a free analytics device and also dash within the forthcoming days that could offer companies access to a range of information and statistics regarding site visitors recommended to their establishments.

Foursquare, a location-based myspace or facebook, plans to disperse a totally free statistics application and also instrument cluster in the forthcoming several weeks which will provide business people access to a variety of data as well as data about website visitors thus to their shops.

Foursquare, a location-based social network, intends to distribute a free stats tool and also dash inside the forthcoming several weeks that may offer business people entry to a range of information and data concerning site visitors thus to their institutions.

Foursquare, a location-based myspace or facebook, plans to send out a no cost stats device and dashboard inside arriving days which will offer business owners use of a variety of details along with statistics concerning site visitors to their establishments.

It's the ad served while you are reading the news in the morning on an e-reader that knows you're at home and three blocks from a Starbucks. It's a loyalty program on your phone that, through a hotel-room sensor, sets the lights and thermostat and turns the TV to CNN when you walk in the door. It's finding a restaurant in a strange city on a Tuesday night, discovering that a store nearby stocks the TV you're looking for, or that a certain grocery on the way home has the cut of meat you need.

Forget Foursquare or Gowalla: Soon every website and service will be able to tell where you are, opening up the floodgates for location-based marketing and blurring the budget lines for advertisers.

Unlike its competitors, it’s effectively leveraging location awareness and social networking/human team building instincts to create a bit of a phenomenon. The result is a viral spread.

Smule uses location and visualization on a map to make their game viral.

You can optionally share your location information with the application, and when you light it you show up on a virtual earth-like globe. France and Japan are going absolutely crazy with users, which you can see quite clearly from the virtual globe and the screenshot to the right. The longer a person keeps the lighter going (I have mine sitting here burning while I write this), the more”KiloJoules” you burn. So why is this working? I told you loyal readers back in August. Unlike its competitors, it’s effectively leveraging location awareness and social networking/human team building instincts to create a bit of a phenomenon. The result is a viral spread.

Smule

Bizarre example of a social app leading to huge viral growth

Everyone keeps talking about Smule’s virtual lighter iPhone application called Sonic Lighter.

Smule has built in social and viral features that are helping this spread like mad, and they also give this ridiculous but effective incentive to use the app all the time. France and Japan are going absolutely crazy with users, which you can see quite clearly from the virtual globe and the screenshot to the right. With 69,000 downloads * .99 cents = US$68310 US$68310 - 30% Apple takes = $47,817

Checkin Mania: Who's Checking In Around You http://bit.ly/cMvvdn

รวมการ checkin จากทั่วสารพัด social network ชื่อดังอย่างFoursquare Gowalla ไว้ด้วยกัน

Google's blog launch of Latitude: "Latitude is a new feature for Google Maps on your mobile device. It's also an iGoogle gadget on your computer. Once you've opted in to Latitude, you can see the approximate location of your friends and loved ones who have decided to share their location with you. So now you can do things like see if your spouse is stuck in traffic on the way home from work, notice that a buddy is in town for the weekend, or take comfort in knowing that a loved one's flight landed safely, despite bad weather."

See where your friends are with Google Latitude

Latitude is a new feature for Google Maps on your mobile device. It's also an iGoogle gadget on your computer. Once you've opted in to Latitude, you can see the approximate location of your friends and loved ones who have decided to share their location with you. So now you can do things like see if your spouse is stuck in traffic on the way home from work, notice that a buddy is in town for the weekend, or take comfort in knowing that a loved one's flight landed safely, despite bad weather.

How often do you find yourself wondering where your friends are and what they're up to? It's a pretty central question to our daily social lives, and it's precisely the question you can now answer using Google Latitude. Latitude is a new feature for Google Maps on your mobile device. It's also an iGoogle gadget on your computer. Once you've opted in to Latitude, you can see the approximate location of your friends and loved ones who have decided to share their location with you. So now you can do things like see if your spouse is stuck in traffic on the way home from work, notice that a buddy is in town for the weekend, or take comfort in knowing that a loved one's flight landed safely, despite bad weather.

Check in to location services Foursquare, Gowalla, Brightkite, Whrrl, and others with one service.

Qui veut tester Check.in ? http://check.in #code #beta

check.in - one checkin to rule them all http://ow.ly/1NKXl

check.in http://bit.ly/d232GN Endlich eine App für den Checkin bei #4sq, #gowalla, #brightkite #iphone #android #ipad #fb

将你现在的位置发布到多个基于位置的社会化网站

IP アドレスから地域を割り出す

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Api para geolocalizacion del IP

See where your friends are right now. Enjoy Google Latitude on your phone, computer, or both

to track the friend by google latitude

Lets you see your friends on a map. Latitude is a feature of Google Maps for mobile.

zien waar jij en je vrienden zich begeven

Locate your friends!

At the heart of every location-based application is positioning and geolocation. In this tutorial you will learn the geolocation capabilities of HTML5 and the basic principles needed to take advantage of them in your next HTML5 app!

HTML5 Apps: Positioning with Geolocation

It's been a little surprising that Twitter hasn't integrated this long ago, given the rise of location based services. Bottom line is, Tweets can now be sources to a location if the sender OKs it. For a lot of location-oriented companies, there's a lot of potential here.

Twitter launches location - allows you to 'tag' tweets with locations, and it ties in with Foursquare/Gowalla. Big news in terms of easing integration and the fact that location is important, regardless of privacy issues. There will be a tech briefing available.

Twitter Blog: Twitter Places: More Context For Your Tweets http://orz.se/C3N

Starting today, you can tag Tweets with specific places, including all World Cup stadiums in South Africa, and create new Twitter Places. You can also click a Twitter Place within a Tweet to see recent Tweets from a particular location. Try it out during the next match—you will be able to see Tweets coming from the stadium.

Share and discover what’s happening right now, anywhere in the world.

[RRW] Case studies, usage examples on location-based social networking

As good as a description I've read RT @marshallk: Why We Check In: Reasons People Use Location-Based Social Networks http://bit.ly/d6yJjv

Four years ago I wrote about a way to encode the latitude and longitude of any point on the Earth's surface to 10m of accuracy with a 10 character code. Apart from a modification to the way the check digit is calculated, the code remains unchanged.

Four years ago I wrote about a way to encode the latitude and longitude of any point on the Earth's surface to 10m of accuracy with a 10 character code. Apart from a modification to the way the check digit is calculated, the code remains unchanged. The idea is this: instead of giving people addresses, or coordinates, you can give them something like a post code for any point on the Earth's surface. This can then be entered into a GPS device and decoded. Thus a business can provide its 10:10 code and know that people will be able to find it.

code to calculate gps position accuratly to 10 m

I'll be keeping an eye on this as we build out our geolocation ideas at TBD. Twitter has a much bigger base than Foursquare, so if they do this right, every service can benefit from the user boost.

After months of rumors and hinting, Twitter has unveiled its major new foray into the world of geolocation, Twitter Places.

Para Diego y Luis

IFC polled its member base for short descriptions of their favorite places in the towns they lived in or visited, then picked the place-descriptions that best suited the IFC's brand ("Always on, slightly off") to upload into a Foursquare database. Foursquare users can now opt-into getting those tips pushed to them whenever they check in near one of the annotated locations. It's a chance to effectively say, "I want to see this town as IFC fans see it." For marketers, this has got to be incredibly appealing, and for urban explorers it could be one of the best examples yet of effective Augmented Reality."

"IFC polled its member base for short descriptions of their favorite places in the towns they lived in or visited, then picked the place-descriptions that best suited the IFC's brand ("Always on, slightly off") to upload into a Foursquare database. Foursquare users can now opt-into getting those tips pushed to them whenever they check in near one of the annotated locations. It's a chance to effectively say, "I want to see this town as IFC fans see it." For marketers, this has got to be incredibly appealing, and for urban explorers it could be one of the best examples yet of effective Augmented Reality."

Independent Film Channel announced a new campaign this morning with leading location-based social network Foursquare that will allow you to do just that. The Huffington Post launched a Foursquare layer today as well. IFC polled its member base for short descriptions of their favorite places in the towns they lived in or visited, then picked the place-descriptions that best suited the IFC's brand ("Always on, slightly off") to upload into a Foursquare database.

In January, Canadian newspaper chain Metro did a deal with Foursquare that tied content like restaurant reviews to specific locations as "tips." When we saw that, we said that the era of location as platform had arrived. Then, in April the Wall St. Journal began experimenting with location-based news, adding interesting news tidbits to locations around New York City on Foursquare. That was getting interesting - not just lightweight content like restaurant reviews but things like a note that a terrorism suspect was once arrested in a particular location!

A nice example of businesses, including the Huff Post, using foursquare to push content to users based on location. Nice stuff.

It’s January 2012 and you’ve just gotten your new Android 3.0-based phone. You’re going on a road trip so you start up the newly-released Foursquare. Gone are the checkins of 2010. Now you tell it where you’re going. This time we’re headed to Harrah’s at Stateline, Nevada. But this is no Foursquare you’ve ever seen before. They’ve finally integrated Waze, Tungle.me, and Yelp information into it. So, let’s discover more of what happens on our trip.

Scoble's imagined trip to Reno

Nice piece from Scoble on what a truly connected mobile life could be like in 2 years.

It’s January 2012 and you’ve just gotten your new Android 3.0-based phone. You’re going on a road trip so you start up the newly-released Foursquare. Gone are the checkins of 2010. Now you tell it where you’re going. This time we’re headed to Harrah’s at Stateline, Nevada. But this is no Foursquare you’ve ever seen before. They’ve finally integrated Waze, Tungle.me, and Yelp information into it. So, let’s discover more of what happens on our trip.

Scoble's imagined trip to Reno

Nice piece from Scoble on what a truly connected mobile life could be like in 2 years.

It’s January 2012 and you’ve just gotten your new Android 3.0-based phone. You’re going on a road trip so you start up the newly-released Foursquare. Gone are the checkins of 2010. Now you tell it where you’re going. This time we’re headed to Harrah’s at Stateline, Nevada. But this is no Foursquare you’ve ever seen before. They’ve finally integrated Waze, Tungle.me, and Yelp information into it. So, let’s discover more of what happens on our trip.

Scoble's imagined trip to Reno

Nice piece from Scoble on what a truly connected mobile life could be like in 2 years.

How I became a Foursquare cyberstalker

How I became a Foursquare cyberstalker | Technology | The Guardian

Privacy advocates fear that Foursquare, along with other geolocation apps such as Gowalla and Google Latitude, are vulnerable to "data scraping", namely, the sophisticated trawling and monitoring of user activity in an effort to build a rich database of personal information. The big worry, say critics, is who might get to make use of this information.

How I became a Foursquare cyberstalker