This is my first post to this ng, please bare with me if the topic is not
germaine.

I represent a group of investors seeking input, developer participation and
open source collaboration on a geospatial annotation social bookmarking
application. Our project aims to develop a web app that allows users to
bookmark locations with multi-media (text, pictures, sound, clips) for
sharing and community building. Uses include private, community and social
networking, and commercial.

The spec is for an embed J2ME app in users mobile device to identify
location (JSR 179, triangulation, etc.) and a web platform that reads
positioning from the mobile app, or users may enter positions manually and
forego the mobile app (address, lat / long, etc.). Both web based and mobile
web platform.

Think convergence of YouTube with wikipedia (ala "what I know about here is.
.. . "), LBS, Friendster, geoblogging, and del.icio.us. Whatever you like
about a place, bookmark it and add notation. Bookmark yourself as a
travelling spot on the map, and tag yourself up and down. Connect with
people based on tags. Need a date in your area of Sticksville? Drive to a
new city and find the top rated pizza place, who died where, who is single,
what local book club meets where, etc. etc. etc. Walk to your corner and
search for "taxi cab" and have the nearest one pick you up. Form a private
club for your friends ala Dodgeball.com and let everyone know where to meet
you. Talk about that new doggie park with the cute chics and where it's
located. A virtual signpost with annotation for any tag you can imagine, the
community builds and shapes the site.

We are looking for input, collab, open source developers. I am the cash guy
and principal, and willing to give "sweat equity" to hardcore developers
with vision. We have a bootstrap budget, and connects with a biz angel who
knows the product will work, but the devil is in the details. This is a no
brainer, but requires a community effort.

Could use feedback and open source participation, dialogue, a list of folks
to sign up for the prototype release (6 months) and testing, UI experts, GPS
/ GIS experts, telecom engineers, mappers, Flash artists, LAMP jockeys, Java
jockeys, DotNet jockeys, visionaries at home in your P.J.'s.

You can respond via this post or email my team here:
mark_farkinwar@yahoo.com

Thank you for your time.

Regards,

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Tony McLaughlin

On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:28:57 -0400, "Tony McLaughlin" <tony365@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>
>This is my first post to this ng, please bare with me if the topic is not
>germaine.
>
>I represent a group of investors seeking input, developer participation and
>open source collaboration on a geospatial annotation social bookmarking
>application. Our project aims to develop a web app that allows users to
>bookmark locations with multi-media (text, pictures, sound, clips) for
>sharing and community building. Uses include private, community and social
>networking, and commercial.
>
>The spec is for an embed J2ME app in users mobile device to identify
>location (JSR 179, triangulation, etc.) and a web platform that reads
>positioning from the mobile app, or users may enter positions manually and
>forego the mobile app (address, lat / long, etc.). Both web based and mobile
>web platform.
>
>Think convergence of YouTube with wikipedia (ala "what I know about here is.
>. . "), LBS, Friendster, geoblogging, and del.icio.us. Whatever you like
>about a place, bookmark it and add notation. Bookmark yourself as a
>travelling spot on the map, and tag yourself up and down. Connect with
>people based on tags. Need a date in your area of Sticksville? Drive to a
>new city and find the top rated pizza place, who died where, who is single,
>what local book club meets where, etc. etc. etc. Walk to your corner and
>search for "taxi cab" and have the nearest one pick you up. Form a private
>club for your friends ala Dodgeball.com and let everyone know where to meet
>you. Talk about that new doggie park with the cute chics and where it's
>located. A virtual signpost with annotation for any tag you can imagine, the
>community builds and shapes the site.
>
>We are looking for input, collab, open source developers. I am the cash guy
>and principal, and willing to give "sweat equity" to hardcore developers
>with vision. We have a bootstrap budget, and connects with a biz angel who
>knows the product will work, but the devil is in the details. This is a no
>brainer, but requires a community effort.
>
>Could use feedback and open source participation, dialogue, a list of folks
>to sign up for the prototype release (6 months) and testing, UI experts, GPS
>/ GIS experts, telecom engineers, mappers, Flash artists, LAMP jockeys, Java
>jockeys, DotNet jockeys, visionaries at home in your P.J.'s.
>
>You can respond via this post or email my team here:
>mark_farkinwar@yahoo.com
>
>Thank you for your time.
>
>Regards,



Check out the May 2007 issue of Inc. see page 40
company called Loopt the VC company is Y Combinator.
they have been working on this app since 2005.
how many people e ar walking around with GPS phones
and be willing for fork over an additional $10 a month.
i'd rather get one of those Magellan units, that have
all that GPS stuff 6million or so points of interest.

"Gleep" <Gleep@Gleep.com> wrote in message
news:1514739soeqi83tvk01qrhovc4mvjgf3uf@4ax.com...

> Check out the May 2007 issue of Inc. see page 40
> company called Loopt the VC company is Y Combinator.
> they have been working on this app since 2005.
> how many people e ar walking around with GPS phones
> and be willing for fork over an additional $10 a month.
> i'd rather get one of those Magellan units, that have
> all that GPS stuff 6million or so points of interest.

You got it. Actually did come across this one, but I appreciate your
feedback! The boost application is "on deck" with Boost mobile solely, if I
am correct. We are looking to build an off deck platform, as more mobile
devices get better internet connections, and more people figure out how to
navigate away from the carriers landing page. The concept is more of a web
application with an embedded module to relay location, but the embed is not
mandatory.

Wouldn't it be better to have a Magellan unit that is part mash-up, part
social networking / social bookmarking? The idea is to have users build the
community with location based profiles, tags, multimedia posts, geoblogs,
etc. Not so much "map render" but "information based on location" render,
where the vector mapping plays a secondary, not primary role to the UI. So
you can plot yourself on the map, as in this example, or plot tag-based
world bookmarks / annotations, or advertise your business, or find groups,
areas of interest.

Our business model provides free service to end users. Don't want people
spending more than air minutes! More manufacturers are implementing
cross-platform technology like the J2ME, which means there is a convergence
on the horizon, so with a larger user base, the model shifts to ad revenue
from business listings, pay-per-clicks and aggregators.

Again, if there are PHP developers like yourself interested in the project
please let me know. I don't want to take up space here with off topic posts,
but I would like to invite PHP developers to chime in or get on board!

--
Regards,

Tony McLaughlin