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The GeoLocation FunBy @dnavre & @arpik
The biggest trend of...
o 2009
o 2010
What are Geolocation services?o Usually mobileo Emphasises on “Where you are”, “where
things are”o …or both
Аccessible for almost everyone
Geolocation Uses• Twitter• Google Latitude• Google Buzz• Foursquare
• Gowalla• Facebook (in development)• GeoCaching• Location-aware websites
Google Latitude
Geolocation on Twitter
Foursquare & Gowalla
Why is it fun?o More in touch with your friendso A way to monitor & measure your
activitieso A way to monitor (read stalk)
someone else ;)o Competition factoro GeoLocation encourages social
activism in real life
Why it is not?o Over-sharing
o Ubiquity of technology
o Privacy
Privacy Issues?
o wtf?! what's that?o “Privacy is dead”, - Mark Zuckerbergo “1984”, - George Orwell Gaspar
How GeoLocation will work on a website/application
– Check-in system– Constant tracking in the background (Google
Latitude)– Marking location as on Twitter– Location based search– Advertisement geo-targeting– Navigation– ...
Geolocation Service Providers
o GPS o Cell IDo WiFi positioning
(Google GeoLocation Services )
Google Geolocation services
Ways to implement it– Android– iPhone– HTML5– Other solutions
HTML5 sampleo It may look scary but it's not
Foursquare
o Venueso Tips/To-Doso Mayorshipo Badgeso Reward points / Leaderboardo Friends
factso Location: New York, United Stateso Founded: March 11, 2009 (presentation at SXSW 2009)o Funding: $1.35M (angel investment)o Employees: 20o Apps for: iPhone, Android, Blackberry, WinMobileo Checkins/sec: 11.58o Checkins/day: 700,000, plan to hit the 1 million mark by late Juneo Users: 1,000,000 by Apr. 22o New users/day: 15,000o Top VC's "desperately" want a piece of Foursquare -- which they're
valuating at $100 million
badges
meetupMark your calendars: June 16, 20:30. BaobabRSVP: http://www.meetup.com/foursquare/5063/
Thank you
@dnavre @arpik