The editors look outward to find technologies that will impact how geospatial products and practices will change in the next 12 to 24 months. Some of the suggested technologies are already appearing in cutting edge products, others are not yet implemented in geospatial solutions, but we expect to see them soon.

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Senior executives from leading technology companies, speaking at our Location Intelligence Conference last week shared that the entire value proposition for spatial enablement is a "push" to the market rather than a "pull" or demand for the technology. Our editors ask: Are we doing an adequate job of selling the technology to more of the people that will eventually implement geospatial tools with other IT solutions.?Why is it still so hard? What are we not doing well? Will it take another "Google Earth" to push the technology deeper into corporate computing or a new crop of graduates to be more geospatially enlightened?

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Here are the instructions to add our own to the company's maps, which are now used to locate the Apple iPhone, among other devices. I wonder how this call for input fares in comparison to geodata providers calls for additions and corrections?

- IntoMobile

"It’s probably the biggest publicity event any company can have."

- Ted Morgan, CEO of Skyhook Wireless, on Steve Jobs mention of the company's technology at MacWorld. Skyhook's tech powers location determination in several Apple products including the iPhone (along with cell tower triangulation). In Xconomy.

This week is the Consumer Electronics Show - the extravaganza for available and soon to be available gadgets for end users ears, eyes, cars and more. I plan to offer one per day on the event as I watch for geo-related tibdits via the Web from home.

First off, The New York Times highlights that the show is so big that perhaps its no longer the best place for an announcement. Recall that several big shows imploded in recent years included AEC SYSTEMS in our world (note the passing of one of its founders) and COMDEX, which I attended representing ESRI and its 50 x 50 booth.

Now on to the goodies announced:

The marketing folks at Skyhook passed this along:

Today Skyhook Wireless is rolling out a private beta for MyLoki, a new service for Loki. Using your current location, MyLoki can show friends where you are - check out my email signature for an example. [It said the person was in Boston.] We've also added a Facebook application, and integration with Jaiku or anything that supports GeoRSS.

MyLoki keeps your friends up to date on your location, helps keep track of where you've been, arrange get togethers with friends in your current area, and much more.

You can request a invite code here. Loki uses wireless hotspots locations to determine location.