Making Connections, Here and Now
This NY Times article by Ethan Todras-Whitehill discusses the integration of the Internet into the physical landscape which has been labelled as the geospatial Web.
MORE and more cellphones know exactly where their owners are at any given time, and software developers are trying to leverage that ability to bridge the gap between the physical and virtual worlds. These programs aim to “browse” the physical space around you, connecting you to people, places and unexpected bits of information.
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Relevance: This article combines my two research interests: tagging and location-based applications (mobile phone and TabletPC technologies).
Technorati tags: tagging, social software, mobile, location based