Tag Archives: LBS
Google is investing in Location Based Game
var flattr_url = ‘http://joesonic.com/blog/2010/05/13/google-is-investing-in-location-based-game/’; Google is investing in a new startup company with the strange name SCVNGR. SCVNGR was founded back in 2008 and and developed a location-based game for mobile devices. Up to now more than 600 customers, like … Continue reading
Offline OpenStreetMap for Android (2 Alternatives)
Location based applications (LBS) or mapping applications are very useful especially if you are abroad or in a foreign country. Unfortunately roaming costs are still very expensive and most of these “travel” or mapping applications require Internet connection to download … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Featured, Geodata, LBS
Tagged Android, android apps, android market, apps, BigPlanet, Google Maps, google maps offline, iphone, LBS, MapDroyd, mapping apps, Market, moblie apps, offline, offline maps
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Introducing GoMoGi – a Carinthian GIS start-up
GoMoGi is an start-up company located in Klagenfurt, Austria. It was founded about one year ago by Michael Diener. GoMoGi covers the area of GIS services and Location Based Service (LBS) applications. Beside support for different kind of GIS support … Continue reading
Posted in GIS, Start-ups, Web
Tagged austria, company, GIS, GoMoGi, klagenfurt, LBS, location based service, Software, startup
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“Locale” – One of the smarter LBS ideas
There are a lot of LBS ideas which are not really applicable. In my opinion “Locale” is one of the more promising examples for LBS. The following text on the start site of “Locale” points out why this tool could … Continue reading
Posted in LBS
Tagged Android, Android developer Code Challenge, environment, LBS, Locale, Location, Mobile, OS, position, profiles, ringtones, situations
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Nokia N97 a new LBS phone…
The new Nokia N97 Symbian smartphone combines a touchscreen, QWERTY keyboard, GPS and 32 GByte memory. It connects to the internet with HSDPA or WiFi. With Nokia Maps it is possible to find your contacts near your actual location and … Continue reading
Highlights from 5th Symposium on LBS & Telecartography 2008/09
The 5th International Symposium on LBS and TeleCartography takes place in the Residence of Salzburg (The Knight’s Hall and the Conference Hall), where W. A. Mozart performed his first concert before the court of Schrattenbach at the age of six. … Continue reading
Good-bye study time
Recently I have finished my studies about Geoinformation and Spatial Decision Support Systems. It’s always important to seek for new challenges and opportunities. The following video remembers me that there could be some adverse reactions if you study GIS to … Continue reading
Location Based Decision Services
Tomorrow I will do my thesis defense. The topic is the “Development of a distributed Service Framework for Location-based Decision Support“. Here you can see the slides to this presentation. They are not the final version but almost. There were … Continue reading
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Tagged LBDS, LBS, location based decision support, location based service, master, Presentation, SDSS, spatail decision support, thesis
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Android in a pre 1.0 version available
Google recently released a pre 1.0 beta version of the Android SDK. “This is the first release of the Android SDK that is formally on the path to Android 1.0.” This let assume at first handset devices are comming soon. … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile, Programming
Tagged Android, Google, LBS, location based services, Mobile, new release, platform, sdk, Version
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Best Phones for Location Based Services
What are the best mobiles for LBS? To answer this questions I have taken four phones from different manufactures and compared them. In my opinion following issues are important if you want to use a mobile for LBS applications: buid-in … Continue reading
