Category Archives: foursquare

Exploring Foursquare with the Explore foursquare map

Posted on April 29, 2013 by glenn

You may have checked in to a venue at some time in the past using foursquare, however, have you ever used the foursquare “explore” online map to explore venues in your area? You can use the service, powered by over … Continue reading →

Posted in foursquare, Social Media |

Social Tip – Add Business Hours to Foursquare

Posted on September 3, 2012 by glenn

Foursquare for Biz… did you know that managers and owners of business listings can use the foursquare dashboard (provided they “own” their listing) to add details hours of operation to their listing, providing users who checkin with even more useful … Continue reading →

Posted in foursquare, Social Media, Social Media Tips |

Exploring Foursquare and Discovering Specials with the Explore foursquare map

Posted on May 16, 2012 by glenn

You may have checked in to a venue at some time in the past using foursquare, however, have you ever used the foursquare “explore” online map to explore venues in your area? You can use the service, powered by over … Continue reading →

Posted in foursquare, Social Media |

MapSocial (Beta) Real Time Mapping In Facebook

Posted on May 9, 2012 by glenn

This week I’ve been messing around a bit with MapSocial, a new, real time mapping service for facebook (I’m also pleased to boast that I think I may have been one of the first public users of this cool service!) … Continue reading →

Posted in facebook, foursquare, Social Media |

Livehoods – Neighborhood Boundaries Generated using foursquare Social Media Data

Posted on April 30, 2012 by glenn

I’ve always been a huge fan of mapping neighborhoods and perceived neighborhood boundaries. These often subjective, invisible boundaries are very useful in many applications and in my mind a huge, untapped opportunity (ping me if you want to go into … Continue reading →

Posted in foursquare, Social Media |

More Tools For Business Venue Owners From Foursquare

Posted on March 11, 2012 by glenn

More capabilities from foursquare for venue owners. Now, managers and owners of business listings can use the foursquare dashboard (provided they “own” their listing) to add details hours of operation to their listing, providing users who checkin with even more … Continue reading →

Posted in foursquare, Social Media, Social Media Tips |

Foursquare Uses OpenStreetMap OSM and MapBox Streets For New, Pretty Maps

Posted on February 29, 2012 by glenn

Yep, that’s correct, foursquare is now touting OSM as the basemap of choice! Announced today on the official foursquare blog (reserved usually for only BIG news) foursquare seems to think that the OSM maps are pretty and thus will be … Continue reading →

Posted in foursquare, open source, OSM |

Avenza PDF Maps for iOS Adds KML and Dropbox Support

Posted on December 2, 2011 by glenn

A reminder to you iPad and iOS users out there about another fabulous and free map reader available to you, the PDF Maps application for iOS from Avenza Systems. Much more than a simple map viewer, Avenza also provides power … Continue reading →

Posted in apple, foursquare, ipad, maps, pdf |

First Look – Foursquare Adds More Functionality To The Big Screen User (Tablet) with #new4SQ

Posted on November 15, 2011 by glenn

Some big changes from foursquare today as shared on their blog as the company rolls out some major new enhancements. Touted as #new4SQ the service now appears to be placing much more emphasis on local search and discovery. Although you … Continue reading →

Posted in foursquare, Social Media, tablet |

Foursquare Global Hackathon, Innovation In Social Location

Posted on September 28, 2011 by glenn

Wow, this is awesome. Glad to see the developers hard at work – the hackathon is a brilliant concept and never ceases to amaze me at the wealth of ideas that come out of it.. amazing what a couple of … Continue reading →

Posted in developer, foursquare, Social Media, social networking |

Checkin at Social Media Week With The Nokia Foursquare Vending Machine

Posted on September 20, 2011 by glenn

There’s been some clever uses of the foursquare API to date, however, this one just may take the cake… or the candy bar in this case! The clever “Heads” at 1000Heads and the always innovating minds at Nokia have dropped … Continue reading →

Posted in foursquare, nokia, Social Media |

Obama Checks In with Foursquare

Posted on August 16, 2011 by gisuser

Yes indeed, even President Obama is on foursquare now, just in time for his bus tour of the Mid-West as he checks in to various towns and venues along the way. Here’s what you can expect from the new White … Continue reading →

Posted in foursquare, politics, Social Media |