At the CTIA Wireless event in Las Vegas, NAVTEQ held the award ceremonies for their 6th LBS Challenge, a competition designed to stimulate interest in location services and encourage developers to create innovative location-aware applications. We look at the state of LBS, the TOP apps, the winners, and our own top picks! Once again the developers delivered as a record number of entries were received (well over 300 I would guess), and NAVTEQ also delivered – to the tune of $5.5 mill in prizes and data licenses! NAVTEQ backed this up by reporting that this year they saw a 28% increase in the number of registered developers so there’s no denying that location is definitely on the mind of mobile developers and that putting “L” in mobile apps is a big play in the mobile ecosystem right now. Read on for a round-up from the event and my favorite apps!
GIS, Maps, Geo and Location Technology by @gletham
