Services & examples:
We can demonstrate also some use cases for this approach. For example, this page describes how to save and find later your car parking place. This article describes how to share location in Facebook (some like check-in for Facebook). And this mashup lets you do check-in via Twitter.
Here you can see another use case - add location info to your messages in the blog. Do you need to show some specific map? There are several solutions: QR code address info (bookmark for locations) and QR maps mashup that let you create QR code for maps. Publish them on your web site and let visitors load maps right to own mobiles. And with Places cards you can create mobile web sites for sharing locations of your business (event etc.).
Still using some legacy phone? Yes, we have a solution for you too: Signed geo messages. Actually it was one of the first applications we've tested Geo Messages idea with
Some publications about this approach:
- Never eat alone
- Geo Messages approach. Presentation for ICUMT 2010
- Where are you now
- Share location info in Twitter
- Mobile maps
- How to share location info in Facebook
- QR code for maps
- Geo Messages approach
- LBS systems
- Geo Messages - a new way for sharing location info
- Geo SMS review
- Geo Mail
- Signed Geo messages
- Find your car with Google Maps
- Where is my car
- My maps for mobile
- How to share your location
Some applications uses this approach: