GIS, Maps, Geo and Location Technology by @gletham
Yes indeed, Google discount offers (think Groupon killer) has rolled out in Beta and is available in select geographic regions. In addition to daily notifications available via email, users of Android devices can grab the mobile app to receive daily notification of Google Offers. See more https://www.google.com/offers – Today’s offer is just $5 for a $10 Starbucks card!
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In a talk titled “NearFar News Through Data”, Jer Thorp (The New York Times) introduced us to the clever OpenPaths service, an community project initiated by the Research and Development Lab at the New York Times Company. Using their mobile apps you can track your location, visualize where you’ve been, and upload your data to the OpenPaths website. You can then download your data from the website in a variety of friendly formats, including KML, JSON, and CSV.
Via openpaths.cc upload data to a central location, store it and engage in a transaction with researchers who want to use the data. Researchers can sign up and pitch a project, users sharing data then have the opportunity to share their valuable data and use it in a research project working on some cause. Some recent projects include: Tourists patterns in Spain, Mapping Habitual Geographies, and a Tiger-Tracker Project See https://openpaths.cc/
About OpenPaths – Using our mobile apps you can track your location, visualize where you’ve been, and upload your data to the OpenPaths website. You can then download your data from the website in a variety of friendly formats, including KML, JSON, and CSV. The OpenPaths API enables you to integrate your own software with the platform, and you can import data from location-based services like Foursquare. (Source: OpenPaths)
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A cool new app this week from the Tampa-based crew at Spatial Networks. Graffiti mapper, now in the iTunes store (free) enables users to easily and quickly create their own local map of places “spotted” with graffiti. What’s really cool here may not be the app, rather, this fine app has been built and deployed using the company’s Fulcrum platform which is available to everyone! See more HERE
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