Emerging Opportunities on the Geoweb

Emerging Opportunities on the GeoWeb Dev Khare dkhare at venrock dot com / www.NextWala.com May 2008

Geo Is Impacting Many Industries Travel Telecom Logistics Real Estate Technology Automotive Media Advertising Retail Sports

Many (New) Ways to Consume Geo Laptop Mobile PND Outdoors On person Marine Ambient Paper

GeoWeb
What’s hot
Apps : 3D maps, location-based social networking, location/map widgets, user-generated content entry
Enabling : WiFi locationing, standards (KML, geoRSS, ..), media geotagging, open source maps
Opportunities
Apps : Geobrowser, local communities, location-based vertical content networks, real places within virtual worlds, connecting online to offline, predictive algorithms for geoactivity (retail, traffic, travel, ..)
Enabling : ad network/ ad serving for maps, UGC geodata aggregation, location brokers
Image source: Everyscape.com

GeoMobile
What’s hot
Apps : Location-based social networking/dating/flirting, local search/reviews, 2D maps/navigation
Enabling : WiFi locationing, iPhone, Android
Opportunities in the next few years
Apps : Geobrowser, location-based gaming, geocommerce, 3D maps/navigation, local communities
Enabling : Location-based ad network for mobile, MMS, cellphone GPS data aggregation, location presence management
Image source: Where.com

GeoCar
What’s hot
Apps : Real-time traffic, connected services/telematics, local search, navigation
Enabling : Connected personal navigation devices, Ford Sync, nav software, WIMAX, data MVNOs
Opportunities
Apps : location-based gaming, geocommerce, ADAS, on-board diagnostics, services for electric cars, personalized insurance
Enabling : Location-based audio/display advertising, embedded natural language speech recognition, on-board databases
Image source: Wired Magazine

GeoVoice
What’s hot
Apps : Automated directory assistance
Enabling : Text-to-speech, automated speech recognition
Opportunities
Apps : Search, navigation, user-generated audio
Enabling : Location-based audio advertising, location-based radio, multi-modal integration with mobile/PND displays, natural language processing
Image source: Corbis

Emerging Markets – GeoMobile, GeoVoice

Investor and Acquirer Interest is High

Thank You
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