An interesting story of how academics at the Georgia Institute of Technology are working on a project to integrate real-time video into Google Earth for an amazing augmented reality experience – the goal is now purely a wow mapping app but rather, a clever marketing opportunity for companies! can’t you just imagine browsing Google earth on a Saturday and flying over the Big House in Ann Arbor and actually see the game being played… nice! Indeed there’s a slew of possibilities with this – see more here
Archives for September 14, 2009
uLocate and NAVTEQ Roll out Traffic.com mobile App for iPhone
Getting a big boost today in the LBS space is uLocate Communications and their WHERE platform which has been used to develop the new Traffic.com mobile application for iPhone (woohoo). Get the latest traffic information (real time) on your mobile to save you time and money. Access conditions on your mobile including speed /commuter times, incident updates, construction reports and much more. Link the mobile app to your traffic.com account and customize the service and receive alerts and notifications via email and mobile… I’ve said it many times before, Traffic.com is one of those MUST-HAVE apps and now you can take it with you… nice! See details in the PR here or search traffic.com in the iTunes shop.
Location Services events on the horizon
Several important events focusing on the topic of mobile location services, social location, and LBS are just around the corner… take note and consider adding these to your “things to do” list over the coming weeks if LBS is your thing!
- LBS LATAM 09 – September 17, 2009, Coral Gables, Florida. LBS represent one of the most promising drivers for revenue generation for service providers in the Region. High-level representatives from the LBS industry entire value chain will participate in LBS Latam 2009. These include: Directors and managers of marketing, VAS, corporate, networks, systems, IT and engineering, commercial, sales and legal. Industry: Mobile and fixed operators, systems and solutions providers, marketing and advertising professionals and software developers.
- 360iDev – September 27-30, 2009, Denver, Colorado. From the organizers of 360|Flex comes 360|iDev! Bringing together the best and brightest of the iPhone development community! This 3-day event will take place September 27 to 30, 2009 @ The Curtis Hotel in Denver, CO.
- MetaPlaces 09 – is the conference that will provide the location based/ enhanced service and platforms providers, the content publishers, the ad enablers, the wireless carriers and the device manufacturers a place to meet, do business and discuss solutions to the key issues in the LBS world 22-23 September 2009, Crowne Plaza Hotel, San Jose, CA
- Location intelligence 2009 – From cloud computing to spatial database management to software development, these individuals will provide their thoughts on how the “location intelligent” company can leverage geospatial information to develop a competitive advantage in an ever-changing marketplace. Oct 5-7, Wesminster, CO
- Location 2.0 Summit 2009 October 8, 2009, San Diego, CA – Now in its third year, the Location 2.0 Summit and Awards has quickly become a priority event for global industry leaders who seek to gain a glimpse into LBS landscape for the coming year.