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Title: It’s Time For An Open Database Of Places
Post by: sam on April 18, 2010, 18:24

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With last week’s declaration by Twitter that it intends to start identifying places based on the coordinates of geo-coded Tweets, the location land rush is in full swing. A long list of companies including Twitter, Google, Foursquare, Gowalla, SimpleGeo, Loopt, and Citysearch are far along in creating separate databases of places mapped to their geo-coordinates.  Mapping businesses, in particular, to the GPS locations near where people are checking in, Tweeting from or pegging a photo is the first step to be able to show them geo-targeted ads, which could help fuel local mobile online advertising in a major way.

 http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/17/open-database-places/

Title: Re: It’s Time For An Open Database Of Places
Post by: Rik on April 18, 2010, 18:28

:music: Money makes the world go around :music:

Title: Re: It’s Time For An Open Database Of Places
Post by: sam on April 18, 2010, 18:29

 :laugh: :laugh: indeed it does.

Title: Re: It’s Time For An Open Database Of Places
Post by: Clive on April 18, 2010, 18:57

Life is a cabaret old chum.   ;D

Title: Re: It’s Time For An Open Database Of Places
Post by: Rik on April 18, 2010, 19:02

How many do you think we could squeeze in, Clive? Today's your day, but tomorrow belongs to me.

Title: Re: It’s Time For An Open Database Of Places
Post by: Clive on April 18, 2010, 19:14

How I loved that film Rik.  Up until then I hated musicals but Cabaret changed all that.  There are moments in it that still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. 

Title: Re: It’s Time For An Open Database Of Places
Post by: Simon on April 18, 2010, 19:31

...and the three on your head?  :)x

Title: Re: It’s Time For An Open Database Of Places
Post by: Rik on April 18, 2010, 19:33

Wow, an outbreak. ;D

Title: Re: It’s Time For An Open Database Of Places
Post by: sam on April 18, 2010, 19:36

 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Title: Re: It’s Time For An Open Database Of Places
Post by: Clive on April 18, 2010, 19:42

I think one of the three just fell out!   :bawl:

Title: Re: It’s Time For An Open Database Of Places
Post by: Rik on April 18, 2010, 19:48

We'll send out a search party, Clive.

Title: Re: It’s Time For An Open Database Of Places
Post by: Simon on April 18, 2010, 19:48

Hair today, gone tomorrow.  :laugh:

Title: Re: It’s Time For An Open Database Of Places
Post by: Rik on April 18, 2010, 19:49

:groan:

Title: Re: It’s Time For An Open Database Of Places
Post by: Simon on April 18, 2010, 19:51

Clive's been using Wash 'n' Go shampoo.   :)x

Title: Re: It’s Time For An Open Database Of Places
Post by: Rik on April 18, 2010, 19:53

He'll need a 'ne' tomorrow then. :)

Title: Re: It’s Time For An Open Database Of Places
Post by: Clive on April 18, 2010, 19:57

 :omg:  ::)  ::)  ::)

Title: Re: It’s Time For An Open Database Of Places
Post by: sam on April 18, 2010, 20:03

 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: