Comments for BDNooZ http://bdnooz.com Transforming LBS Location Based Information into Money - by Claudio Schapsis Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:02:05 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Location Based Social Networks Links by Please Rob Me : Mobile • Local • Social http://bdnooz.com/lbsn-location-based-social-networking-links/comment-page-1/#comment-9319 Please Rob Me : Mobile • Local • Social Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:02:05 +0000 http://bdnooz.com/?page_id=324#comment-9319 [...] Please Rob Me dhatfield | Feb 26, 2010 | 16940 commentshttp://mobilelocalsocial.com/2010/02/please-rob-me/Please+Rob+Me+2010-02-26+16%3A02%3A03dhatfield I used Foursquare less than 20 times before the kind folks at forthehack who created Please Rob Me helped me see the potential danger of not only stalkers (you know who you are) but the new breed of tech savvy burglar who are using Location-based social networking. [...] [...] Please Rob Me dhatfield | Feb 26, 2010 | 16940 commentshttp://mobilelocalsocial.com/2010/02/please-rob-me/Please+Rob+Me+2010-02-26+16%3A02%3A03dhatfield I used Foursquare less than 20 times before the kind folks at forthehack who created Please Rob Me helped me see the potential danger of not only stalkers (you know who you are) but the new breed of tech savvy burglar who are using Location-based social networking. [...]

]]> Comment on Twitter and Maps – Locating your followers one tweet at a time by Ray http://bdnooz.com/2009/12/13/twitter-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-9244 Ray Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:19:05 +0000 http://bdnooz.com/?p=2024#comment-9244 People are using google api, it is free when developer offer it as free service. it is not cheap to use Google API if develop want to charge end users a fee. Google also has the copy right on all the MAP content they provided and charge a fee if people are going to resell it. On the other hand, when developers use Google API, they have to pass end user information to google and give Google the right to use the content from developers. This is one of the reason there are so many free service. Google is the biggest winner here. All those applications using Google API are collecting data for google. People are using google api, it is free when developer offer it as free service. it is not cheap to use Google API if develop want to charge end users a fee.

Google also has the copy right on all the MAP content they provided and charge a fee if people are going to resell it.

On the other hand, when developers use Google API, they have to pass end user information to google and give Google the right to use the content from developers.

This is one of the reason there are so many free service.

Google is the biggest winner here. All those applications using Google API are collecting data for google.

]]> Comment on Location Based Social Networks Links by Location, Location, Location Based Social Networking | LawyerKM http://bdnooz.com/lbsn-location-based-social-networking-links/comment-page-1/#comment-8593 Location, Location, Location Based Social Networking | LawyerKM Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:47:19 +0000 http://bdnooz.com/?page_id=324#comment-8593 [...] applications are becoming quite popular.  They are not entirely new, however.  Here’s a nice list of LBSN sites - some of which have been discontinued, including the Google-owned Dodgeball [...] [...] applications are becoming quite popular.  They are not entirely new, however.  Here’s a nice list of LBSN sites – some of which have been discontinued, including the Google-owned Dodgeball [...]

]]> Comment on Twitter and Maps – Locating your followers one tweet at a time by Johnathan Montandon http://bdnooz.com/2009/12/13/twitter-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-8300 Johnathan Montandon Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:01:03 +0000 http://bdnooz.com/?p=2024#comment-8300 Mass-Follow.com is hands down the best Twitter follow site around! Mass-Follow.com is hands down the best Twitter follow site around!

]]> Comment on Location in a Cloud – a Unique Approach to Provide Location-Related Information and Services by Ray http://bdnooz.com/2009/08/27/location-in-a-cloud-a-unique-approach-to-provide-location-related-information-and-services-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-7836 Ray Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:30:02 +0000 http://bdnooz.com/?p=1754#comment-7836 How Xtify is different from Skyhook? How Xtify can compete with Skyhook? How Xtify is different from Skyhook?
How Xtify can compete with Skyhook?

]]> Comment on Twitter and Maps – Locating your followers one tweet at a time by Jane Sales http://bdnooz.com/2009/12/13/twitter-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-6454 Jane Sales Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:31:22 +0000 http://bdnooz.com/?p=2024#comment-6454 By the way, flook also supports the new geotagging API, so those Twitter cards in flook, and your own tweets of flooks, are more accurately placed. By the way, flook also supports the new geotagging API, so those Twitter cards in flook, and your own tweets of flooks, are more accurately placed.

]]> Comment on Twitter and Maps – Locating your followers one tweet at a time by Carlos Roman http://bdnooz.com/2009/12/13/twitter-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-6442 Carlos Roman Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:21:27 +0000 http://bdnooz.com/?p=2024#comment-6442 Positioning as a component of personalization is a way of monetizing but don't anticipate volumes until location becomes massive commodity. Yes, I see value in locating tweets. There must be many kind of "followers" (as funnily, users are called) interested in additional information of their "followed" tweets. Regarding privacy, it should be guaranteed technically through the API itself and contractually through the deals signed with third parties. This is how it works, for example, with mobile operators' secured LBS services. I'm not familiar with Twitter's geotagging API specs and conditions so cannot say if they are providing such security levels. Positioning as a component of personalization is a way of monetizing but don’t anticipate volumes until location becomes massive commodity.
Yes, I see value in locating tweets. There must be many kind of “followers” (as funnily, users are called) interested in additional information of their “followed” tweets.
Regarding privacy, it should be guaranteed technically through the API itself and contractually through the deals signed with third parties. This is how it works, for example, with mobile operators’ secured LBS services. I’m not familiar with Twitter’s geotagging API specs and conditions so cannot say if they are providing such security levels.

]]> Comment on Location Based Social Networks Links by Will Location Based Social Networks be like the restaurant business industry? Check their menu! | BDNooZ http://bdnooz.com/lbsn-location-based-social-networking-links/comment-page-1/#comment-6418 Will Location Based Social Networks be like the restaurant business industry? Check their menu! | BDNooZ Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:26:34 +0000 http://bdnooz.com/?page_id=324#comment-6418 [...] Location Based Social Networks Links [...] [...] Location Based Social Networks Links [...]

]]> Comment on Twitter and Maps – Locating your followers one tweet at a time by steve stewart http://bdnooz.com/2009/12/13/twitter-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-6411 steve stewart Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:23:22 +0000 http://bdnooz.com/?p=2024#comment-6411 Hello. Found this write up from twitter. I have been looking for such tools for sometime. Excellent write-up and the tools are very useful. I work with energy and energy service firms who rely on me to search out new technologies. Today I can report that I found some...great to see Geography and Twitter 2gether. you can find me on linkedin or at @steveauthentic on Twitter! best.. Hello.
Found this write up from twitter. I have been looking for such tools for sometime. Excellent write-up and the tools are very useful. I work with energy and energy service firms who rely on me to search out new technologies. Today I can report that I found some…great to see Geography and Twitter 2gether. you can find me on linkedin or at @steveauthentic on Twitter!

best..

]]> Comment on Twitter and Maps – Locating your followers one tweet at a time by Anne Caborn http://bdnooz.com/2009/12/13/twitter-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-6402 Anne Caborn Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:29:27 +0000 http://bdnooz.com/?p=2024#comment-6402 Twitter mapping is something that's been occupying my little grey cells. Organisations benefit from knowing where in the world customers / prospects / influencers... are You may only have data related to, say, purchase or registration, so how do you exploit your other potential hots spots? Geo-visualisations rock my boat. On the downside, so much online originated out of individual / group passion to see if something was possible rather than 'ooh, we can make money out of this'. Monetising seems to be a perpetual and not very successful rear guard action. Twitter mapping is something that’s been occupying my little grey cells. Organisations benefit from knowing where in the world customers / prospects / influencers… are You may only have data related to, say, purchase or registration, so how do you exploit your other potential hots spots? Geo-visualisations rock my boat. On the downside, so much online originated out of individual / group passion to see if something was possible rather than ‘ooh, we can make money out of this’. Monetising seems to be a perpetual and not very successful rear guard action.

]]> Comment on Twitter and Maps – Locating your followers one tweet at a time by Jim http://bdnooz.com/2009/12/13/twitter-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-6343 Jim Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:51:58 +0000 http://bdnooz.com/?p=2024#comment-6343 RT @RoadTweets is an iPhone app that makes it easy to share trip updates from the road RT @RoadTweets is an iPhone app that makes it easy to share trip updates from the road

]]> Comment on Indoor Navigation – The new gold rush? Part-1 by Amir Malik http://bdnooz.com/2009/11/08/indoor-navigation-%e2%80%93-the-new-gold-rush-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6157 Amir Malik Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:49:09 +0000 http://bdnooz.com/?p=1873#comment-6157 We explored Bluetooth-based navigation and positioning for a senior design project at UC Santa Cruz. See http://urna.projects.unoc.net/ for details and a video demo. Although other RF technologies can provide better accuracy at lower power levels, it is the ubiquity of Bluetooth-enabled mobile devices that gives it huge potential due to the potential market size. Even the latest Bluetooth specs from the Bluetooth SIG are more friendly to low-power applications, so this might finally become a reality! I have a feeling the future of indoor positioning is going to be a hybrid solution consisting of Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Near-Field Communications (NFC) and/or RFID tags. :) - Amir We explored Bluetooth-based navigation and positioning for a senior design project at UC Santa Cruz. See http://urna.projects.unoc.net/ for details and a video demo. Although other RF technologies can provide better accuracy at lower power levels, it is the ubiquity of Bluetooth-enabled mobile devices that gives it huge potential due to the potential market size. Even the latest Bluetooth specs from the Bluetooth SIG are more friendly to low-power applications, so this might finally become a reality!

I have a feeling the future of indoor positioning is going to be a hybrid solution consisting of Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Near-Field Communications (NFC) and/or RFID tags. :)

- Amir

]]> Comment on Location Based Social Networks Links by xeit » Blog Archive » Liste: 70 Location Based Social Networking Sites im Überblick http://bdnooz.com/lbsn-location-based-social-networking-links/comment-page-1/#comment-5552 xeit » Blog Archive » Liste: 70 Location Based Social Networking Sites im Überblick Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:21:37 +0000 http://bdnooz.com/?page_id=324#comment-5552 [...] 70 Stück… [via]. Im Weblog «Location Based Services» findet man die gesamte Liste der 70 Location Based Social Networks mit einer Kurzbeschreibung und z.T. mit Ratings. [...] [...] 70 Stück… [via]. Im Weblog «Location Based Services» findet man die gesamte Liste der 70 Location Based Social Networks mit einer Kurzbeschreibung und z.T. mit Ratings. [...]

]]> Comment on Location Based Services Technology with a Soul –Thanksgiving notes by Simon Kirk http://bdnooz.com/2009/11/23/location-based-services-technology-with-a-soul-%e2%80%93thanksgiving-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-5492 Simon Kirk Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:27:42 +0000 http://bdnooz.com/?p=1996#comment-5492 I'm one of the co-founders of TechiesGiveBack. Anyone interested can follow the bidding process live on our Twitter feed: @techiesgiveback. Thanks! Simon I’m one of the co-founders of TechiesGiveBack. Anyone interested can follow the bidding process live on our Twitter feed: @techiesgiveback.

Thanks!
Simon

]]> Comment on Location Based Social Networks Links by Social ir mobile tandemas II | wom http://bdnooz.com/lbsn-location-based-social-networking-links/comment-page-1/#comment-5384 Social ir mobile tandemas II | wom Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:57:06 +0000 http://bdnooz.com/?page_id=324#comment-5384 [...] kad tas daugelis jau dabar yra socialini? tinkl? nariai, n?ra keista, kad gyvuoja visa galyb? location based mobile social projekt?. Atsiprašau už anglišk? fraz?. Nežinau gero vertinio. Šiame s?raše kolkas n?ra nei vieno [...] [...] kad tas daugelis jau dabar yra socialini? tinkl? nariai, n?ra keista, kad gyvuoja visa galyb? location based mobile social projekt?. Atsiprašau už anglišk? fraz?. Nežinau gero vertinio. Šiame s?raše kolkas n?ra nei vieno [...]

]]> Comment on Indoor Navigation – The new gold rush? Part-1 by Jon http://bdnooz.com/2009/11/08/indoor-navigation-%e2%80%93-the-new-gold-rush-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-5359 Jon Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:38:31 +0000 http://bdnooz.com/?p=1873#comment-5359 My company, Point Inside, created a technology we call the Indoor Navigation Engine. Using INE, we are working with owners of large indoor locations to digitize their floor plans and cad drawings. We recently launched a beta version of our iPhone application which offers access to over 400 shopping centers across North America. Although the feature is not yet available on the iPhone, with INE we can generate indoor walking directions to / from any location including hybrid indoor-to-outdoor directions. Look for this feature to be available on the iPhone and Android phones very soon. We are aggressively expanding beyond shopping centers, working with owners and managers of other large indoor locations. Feel free to contact me via www.pointinside.com for more information Jon My company, Point Inside, created a technology we call the Indoor Navigation Engine. Using INE, we are working with owners of large indoor locations to digitize their floor plans and cad drawings. We recently launched a beta version of our iPhone application which offers access to over 400 shopping centers across North America.

Although the feature is not yet available on the iPhone, with INE we can generate indoor walking directions to / from any location including hybrid indoor-to-outdoor directions. Look for this feature to be available on the iPhone and Android phones very soon.

We are aggressively expanding beyond shopping centers, working with owners and managers of other large indoor locations.

Feel free to contact me via http://www.pointinside.com for more information

Jon

]]> Comment on Indoor Navigation – The new gold rush? Part-1 by Elona http://bdnooz.com/2009/11/08/indoor-navigation-%e2%80%93-the-new-gold-rush-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-5255 Elona Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:03:12 +0000 http://bdnooz.com/?p=1873#comment-5255 Looks like a micro-market, but a may be a good one. Hard to tell if it will take off. If you've even been at the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, you can understand why someone would want it in certain locations. :) Looks like a micro-market, but a may be a good one. Hard to tell if it will take off. If you’ve even been at the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, you can understand why someone would want it in certain locations. :)

]]> Comment on Indoor Navigation – The new gold rush? Part-1 by Bill http://bdnooz.com/2009/11/08/indoor-navigation-%e2%80%93-the-new-gold-rush-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-5235 Bill Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:40:40 +0000 http://bdnooz.com/?p=1873#comment-5235 Ho Hum … my company is performing a trial in the North of England implementing many of the ideas discussed here. The trial is to prove a new service to assist management of public areas; locate key staff , keep and eye on equipment, provide market research data, provide assistance for persons with impaired vision. Key staff (security, first aid, etc) locations and contact details displayed on facility maps, Medical equipment, cleaning trolleys, wheelchairs, etc again located on floor schematics but with automatic alert when removed and automatic inventory control. Shopper marketing data gathered and formed automatically into reports of customer numbers and behaviour. This includes number visiting each zone in each time period dwell time in each zone, etc (zones of various sizes, typically 20metres square). Persons with impaired vision can request reassurance messages at any location they require, say to receive an automatic voicemail message when outside Boots the chemist. Primarily we are using Bluetooth but in harness with other sensors, the trial site is a shopping complex with indoor and outdoor sections. www.eyedpro.cpm , please visit the website, we hope to have publicity material and so on available over the next weeks, you have caught us in the technical part of the trial so please bear with us. Ho Hum … my company is performing a trial in the North of England implementing many of the ideas discussed here.
The trial is to prove a new service to assist management of public areas; locate key staff , keep and eye on equipment, provide market research data, provide assistance for persons with impaired vision.
Key staff (security, first aid, etc) locations and contact details displayed on facility maps,
Medical equipment, cleaning trolleys, wheelchairs, etc again located on floor schematics but with automatic alert when removed and automatic inventory control.
Shopper marketing data gathered and formed automatically into reports of customer numbers and behaviour. This includes number visiting each zone in each time period dwell time in each zone, etc (zones of various sizes, typically 20metres square).
Persons with impaired vision can request reassurance messages at any location they require, say to receive an automatic voicemail message when outside Boots the chemist.
Primarily we are using Bluetooth but in harness with other sensors, the trial site is a shopping complex with indoor and outdoor sections.
http://www.eyedpro.cpm , please visit the website, we hope to have publicity material and so on available over the next weeks, you have caught us in the technical part of the trial so please bear with us.

]]> Comment on Indoor Navigation – The new gold rush? Part-1 by michael http://bdnooz.com/2009/11/08/indoor-navigation-%e2%80%93-the-new-gold-rush-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-5220 michael Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:07:14 +0000 http://bdnooz.com/?p=1873#comment-5220 True, indoor nagigation is simply an extension of the 'outdoor' one that Google and Microsoft et al have already well established. So, problem is still the same about how to illustrate info thats useful and easy to read. Personally, I believe an inside to Google's Streetwise would cover this concept very effeciently - look at what they are doing with cyclists dragging cameras behind them (http://iguidez.com/blog/2009/07/07/a-googlist-googles-new-soldier/) Furthermore, relying on individual shopping malls to upload their own maps will probably not work either. Again, it needs somebody to go around and kick their ass into gear. For years we at iGuidez have been making video guides of museums etc and even with their full support and over-enthusiastic responses at the finished product they still can't get around to adding links to their homepages. So, the real end goal or profit will still only fall to those who are prepared to do the real dirty work at the end of the day. Automation or DIY jobs in this location based service industry is in my opinion the equivalent to being a taboo! True, indoor nagigation is simply an extension of the ‘outdoor’ one that Google and Microsoft et al have already well established. So, problem is still the same about how to illustrate info thats useful and easy to read. Personally, I believe an inside to Google’s Streetwise would cover this concept very effeciently – look at what they are doing with cyclists dragging cameras behind them (http://iguidez.com/blog/2009/07/07/a-googlist-googles-new-soldier/)
Furthermore, relying on individual shopping malls to upload their own maps will probably not work either. Again, it needs somebody to go around and kick their ass into gear. For years we at iGuidez have been making video guides of museums etc and even with their full support and over-enthusiastic responses at the finished product they still can’t get around to adding links to their homepages. So, the real end goal or profit will still only fall to those who are prepared to do the real dirty work at the end of the day. Automation or DIY jobs in this location based service industry is in my opinion the equivalent to being a taboo!

]]> Comment on Indoor Navigation – The new gold rush? Part-1 by mark ahles http://bdnooz.com/2009/11/08/indoor-navigation-%e2%80%93-the-new-gold-rush-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-5217 mark ahles Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:50:57 +0000 http://bdnooz.com/?p=1873#comment-5217 How about having the location and routs to all of the thousands of portable defibrilators (AED's) available to people in malls, airports, high-rise buildings? That would save lives. Now take it a step further and have those locations available to 911 call centers who can instruct a caller where to find the nearest AED. How about having the location and routs to all of the thousands of portable defibrilators (AED’s) available to people in malls, airports, high-rise buildings? That would save lives. Now take it a step further and have those locations available to 911 call centers who can instruct a caller where to find the nearest AED.

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