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Using its SpotRank database of location requests, Skyhook Wireless provided a glimpse of the finish line of the Boston Marathon, both today and from one week ago to compare the density of requests.
The RFP was out and many responses tendered. Then government agents determined there was a technical error in the documents. That means the whole process will need to be redone, pushing implementation up six to eight weeks, into the middle of next year. This process was begun in 2005 and was expected to be running by 2008. (Directions Magazine article)
Well, it seems Foursquare Day‘s PR was not so buzzy, at least among readers of this blog. I posted the poll on Wednesday about the event set for Friday, 4/16 (4/16 - get it? 4 squared = 16). Almost none of the 22 readers who responded had heard about it.
Are you aware that Friday is Foursquare Day?
5% Yes, of course!
96% No, not heard that.
It does seem odd to me that a company that’s a media darling didn’t get more buzz on this. Perhaps the day before, Tax Day, overshadowed it? For an explanation of it, try this one from The Christian Science Monitor.
Anyway, let’s move along and talk about something we all love to hate: press releases. Please let us know how often you look at a list of press releases related to geospatial. Vote on the right hand side of our main page.
GeoTec Event (Toronto)
GeoTec 2010 (Warren Medernach of IMAGINiT, Rand Blog)
- Day one (no sign of Day 2, 3)
PCI Geomatics has won the Geospatial Innovator Award from GeoTec Media for its GeoConference software solution
- SatNews
Geospatial Leadership Awards
- GeoPlace
Tweets Tagged #geotec (about 12)
GIS in Action (Portland, OR)
Mapping Conference at PSU (Robert Seitzinger)
- Daily Vanguard - included: a quote from “the Linus Torvalds of maps”
Tweets Tagged #gisinaction (about 50)
