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

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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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