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I guess that broke the other day (TechCrunch). I wrote about the company in August. (APB) Now, TechCrunch has actual comments from Loopt CEO Sam Altman.
“In particular, he [Altman] says Loopt has been exploring location-based social gaming, local reviews, and augmented reality (which is another area GraffitiGeo has experimented in), so the company seemed like a good fit.”
A mail-based survey of 5,600 people reveals that 31% North American adults say they own “a portable navigation device (PND) or in-car solution or mobile phone app.”
Also noteworthy: PND ownership grew at 8 percent in 2009 over 2008, but phone- based solutions grew at 49%. In-car devices experienced a 3 percent growth over 2008.
- Twice
Note: This post does not include coverage by Directions Media in All Points Blog or Directions Magazine.
U.S. spy chief calls for more coordination says MySanAntonio.com: “Speaking in San Antonio at a national intelligence symposium, retired Navy Adm. Dennis C. Blair, director of national intelligence since January, said a more effective national security strategy includes all 16 members of the intelligence community on the same page.”
DoD Buzz notes that “Open Source Intel Use Soars.” That refers to open source intel, not software. “And the use of open source information is soaring, according to a panel here in San Antonio at the annual Geoint conference. Brian Magana, geospatial analysis branch chief at the Defense Intelligence Agency, said that his consumption of open source data for one area of analysis he was following rocketed upwards 600 percent.”
The article keys in on the new Booklet 3G which includes GPS and other portable devices as key to location technology. Among the interesting quotes:
“And Nokia’s already off to a good start, having acquired several mapping/geolocation services, including Navteq, the world’s largest mapping database.”
“I [Mark Sullivan] spoke to Nokia VP of social location services Michael Halbherr about indoor location services here today, and he said Nokia will likely roll out new indoor location services on mobile devices in about two years.”
“Each time a Nokia device approaches a building it will communicate with GPS satellite until the moment it gets inside the door, then it will begin communicating with the cellular and Wi-Fi base stations inside. By triangulating the device’s position relative to the GPS satellite outside the building, and to all the cellular and Wi-Fi hotspots inside, Nokia will be able to associate the device with a specific cell (areas 10 meters or less) as it moves around inside the building.”
The article suggests Nokia is already collecting indoor base data from its users - similar to how Google collects StreetView data. I wonder if there are legal concerns here - do I need permission to walk around in a grocery store with my cell phone and collect data on where the walls are? Especially if I don’t know I’m doing that?
Oh, and, per the article, Google is apparently also doing indoor mapping.
- PC World
Mateusz Loskot offers a video of Paul Ramsey’s keynote offers a video of Paul Ramsey’s keynote.
Mark From the Inside Looking In raves: the video “has been all the talk on Twitter. If you haven’t seen it yet, you should do so.”
Iki Maska rounds up some presentations on his blog: “A somewhat ordinary presentation by Ingres.” “Raul Vera from Google on a subtle but profound shift in spatial paradigm, predicting that in mid 2011 the majority of location searches will be from mobile devices and this requires a different point of thought (“I’m lost!” is actually a very rare use case).”
The Map Guy(de) talks about the new FDO Toolbox.
Kate Lundy, Senator represented the Australian Capital Territory, offers the full text of her presentation at the conference.
