Monday, March 24. 2008

Wikinear: Service to Find POIs Near You

Wikinear is a service, not a content site. It uses FireEagle to pass along your location (via whatever tech is used), along with other Goodies (Wikipedia, Oath, GeoNames, Google Maps) to return 5 POIs from Wikipedia to you. Since FireEagle is still in beta many won't be able to use it yet.

Still the functionality is not so different from one of the winners in Mobile Rules (Nokia's dev contest):

Best Application - Infotainment:
Earthcomber. These guys are working on ways to exploit GPS technology in mobile phones. Their winning entry involved a partnership with the Travel Channel where a visitor to Chicago could choose to be informed of attractions and sites around his or her current location.

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