All Points Blog - LBS

My Black Friday Shopping Map

joe.francica@directionsmag.com (Joe Francica) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:03:10 -0600

Yesterday, I took a look at the Walmart maps being offered to shoppers for Black Friday by the Massachusetts store cited in our APB post today. Looking like every other Walmart floor plan that the retailer stamps into the landscape around the count...Read more

waze to Add More "Gaming" to its Nav/Traffic App

(Adena Schutzberg) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:11:31 -0600

I received a social media e-mail from waze touting the new version of its navigation/traffic (data collection) app. The Android version is out; the iPhone version, last I check on the waze site is still getting approved. (That does make it tough to p...Read more

Podcast: Implications for Twitter's Geolocation API

(Adena Schutzberg) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0600

Last week Twitter released its geolocation API, an interface for developers to tack on, and gain access to the point locations from which tweets are sent, so long as users turn it "on." What are the possibilities for a giant, near-real time set of 14...Read more

Update: Foursquare API Arrives

(Adena Schutzberg) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:09:00 -0600

And, now you can see what developers have built in the gallery! That was fast. With the Foursquare API and Twitter's geolocation API now available, I can better understand how the two are in competition. And, Foursquare has an edge: built in reasons ...Read more
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Twitter Geo API Available

(Adena Schutzberg) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:33:38 -0600

It went live yesterday (Twitter blog) and the Twittersphere was excited. The only challenge: it's an API so only developers, not end users, could do anything with it. Further, you can't take advantage of the API from the website, so, no cool locatio...Read more

Crossing the Border Safely, With LBS

(Adena Schutzberg) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:40:39 -0600

b.a.n.g lab's Transborder Immigrant Tool is an LBS app built to run on an inexpensive cell phone designed to help Mexican immigrants safely cross the border. From an interview with the team's Ricardo Dominguez: We looked at the Motorola i455 cell...Read more

Dutch to Tax Drivers Based on Driving Distance, Road Time using GPS

joe.francica@directionsmag.com (Joe Francica) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:17:00 -0600

According to the Associated Press, the Netherlands will levy a tax based on the time spent driving in order to reduce congested highways. When the plan takes effect in 2012, a GPS monitoring system will track the distance, time, and place of driver...Read more

Update: TownMe: An LBS API

(Adena Schutzberg) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:02:00 -0600

Update: Released. - TechCrunch ...Read more
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APB Gets More Social

(Adena Schutzberg) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600

We've added a "share this" toolbox to each All Points Blog post that allows visitors to share our content via Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other social media options. We've done the same over at Directions Magazine. Just like we learned in kin...Read more

Another Biz Model for Cell Phones: Location-based Pricing

(Adena Schutzberg) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600

The technology is from Telecordia and called dynamic discount tariffing. It was launched in Africa in September. There MTN, Vodacom and Safaricom offer between 45 and 95% discounts. It's now likely to be launched in India. My question: how will...Read more

More Info on Twitter Location API

(Adena Schutzberg) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:02:43 -0600

- Google Groups...Read more

The Value of Location-based Tweets

(Adena Schutzberg) — Mon, 9 Nov 2009 07:45:22 -0600

Noam Cohen writes in the New York Times why the upcoming location API for Twitter will make the service so much more useful. Basically, it helps filter the huge number of tweets, so many of which are re-tweets, simply sending on the same information....Read more

Junaio: Mobile Social 3D Editable Augmented Reality App

(Adena Schutzberg) — Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:02:19 -0600

Metaio Augmented Reality Solutions is behind the Junaio iPhone app which will launch soon. RWW has the preview of the app which allows users to add, edit and animate 3D objects within the phone's view of reality. Then, those photos, for example can b...Read more