Posts Tagged ‘LBS’
Google Maps for BlackBerry OS API
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=204434c055f16018&hl=en
For the time being, you can use the content handlers for the (undocumented) application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml (KML) and application/vnd.google-earth.kmz (zipped KML) and application/vnd.google.gmm (unknown) types.
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=74c5186d1799c75e&hl=en
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KML
http://code.google.com/intl/en/apis/kml/documentation/mapsSupport.html
Geohash
Created by fellow Brazilian Gustavo.
Standard HTTP Header for Geolocation
A suggestion to the W3C.
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-geolocation/2011Feb/0035.html
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-daviel-http-geo-header-05
Issue in Android 2.3
The geo: URI schema has changed since the original implementation.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=14874 (vote for it!)
OSGeo
The geo: URI Scheme
Still a proposed standard, but certainly a GO.
http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5870.txt
Android already supports it.
KML
Originally developed for Google Earth.
Location Isn’t Just a Feature Anymore, It’s a Platform
“Location is something that people are just going to expect from now on,” says Brady Forrest, program chair for the O’Reilly Where 2.0 conference, the three-day event about all things location-based taking place in San Jose, California this week.
Agreed.
http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/03/location-isnt-just-a-feature-anymore-its-a-platform/
Improvements to Foursquare
http://getsatisfaction.com/foursquare/topics/add_things_from_blackberry
http://getsatisfaction.com/foursquare/topics/integration_with_twitter_for_blackberry
http://getsatisfaction.com/foursquare/topics/integration_with_google_maps
http://getsatisfaction.com/foursquare/topics/link_to_twitter_and_or_facebook
http://getsatisfaction.com/foursquare/topics/push_support
http://getsatisfaction.com/foursquare/topics/remove_check_ins_on_the_move
http://getsatisfaction.com/foursquare/topics/show_current_location
http://getsatisfaction.com/foursquare/topics/wi_fi_support-1hpo6
Indústria de GPS busca novo rumo com mapa grátis em celulares
“O valor está em informações em tempo real. Nenhum software pode te dizer se há gelo na estrada ou para ir à direita no estacionamento porque o lado esquerdo está lotado”, disse Bardin [presidente da Waze].
O Waze realmente pode, sendo baseado em colaborações dos usuários, como o Trapster com informações sobre radares.