A (Mostly) Complete & (Mostly) Accurate History Of Location (Abridged)

A (Mostly) Complete & (Mostly) Accurate History Of Location (Abridged)
Gary Gale, Director Ovi Places Registry
gary.gale@nokia.com
twitter.com/vicchi
BCS GeoSpatial SG
London, October 2010
51° 30' 39.6936”, 0° 7' 18.9582"

KELLYLEEBARRETT on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/kellylee/4177529745/

Gary Gale on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/vicchi/4414198544/

Twitter Hashtag
#gssg

Changua Coast Conservation Action on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/waders/3177090710/

Nad on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/nad/386051891/

OI. TALK TITLE. NOW!!!

“This location stuff’s only recent isn’t it?”

“I can’t keep up with this geo stuff, it’s all moving too fast, where’s it going?”

Location Is All About These … Right?

A (Mostly) Complete And (Mostly) Accurate History
Boson Nova on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/bosonnova/3250298799/

3200 BC – Celestial Navigation
ohad* on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohadby/4119933035/

1100 BC– Magnetic Compass
Sebastian Niedlicj (Grabthar) on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/42311564@N00/2292118012/

1000 BC – Homing Pigeons
Adelaide Archivist on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/adelaide_archivist/3172908079/

300 BC – Eratosphenes Proposes Longitude and Latitude
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Eratosthenes.png

200 BC – Hipparchos Invents Geocoding
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hipparchos_1.jpeg

5 BC – Smoke Signals
Newsbie Pix on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/newsbiepix/4235304729/

1100 – Al Biruni Proposes Earth’s Axial Rotation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Iran_Biruni.jpg

1295 – First Astrolabe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Astrolab.JPG

1300 – Mappa Mundi
elefthis1 on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/61288890@N00/2141540887/

Circa 1600 - Maps
normanbleventhalmapcenter on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/normanbleventhalmapcenter/2674855383/

caveman on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/caveman_92223/3185534518/

perpetualplum on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/perpetualplum/2866054138/

1730 – Octant Invented
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oktant.jpg

1761 – Marine Chronometer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harrison_H4_clock_in_The_principles_of_Mr_Harrison%27s_time-keeper_1767.jpg

1900 – Radio Triangulation
Happychopper on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/happychopper/345096825/

1960s – First Navigation Satellites
Joe Hastings on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/joehastings/370714654/

1967 – MapQuest Founded

1984 – Tele Atlas Founded

1987 – Navteq Founded

1989 – First GPS Satellite
John_Dulaneyon Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/15046584@N08/1562794445/

1990 – Portable GPS Units
2Tales on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stigster/3761714132/

1996 – MapQuest.com Launched

2000 – Dodgeball Founded
Dennis Crowley on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dpstyles/4821474454/

2000 – “Smart” Phones

December 2001 – KDDI Launches First GPS Phone

July 2004 – OpenStreetMap Launches
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Logo

January 2005 – Loopt Launches
http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images/resized/0000/5515/5515v3-max-450x450.png

February 2005 – Google Maps Launches
Adam Burt on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburt/244778461/

September 2006 – Nokia N95 Launches
Irish Typepad on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/irisheyes/1282719713/

May 2007 – Google Streetview Launches
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Deansgate_St_John_St.png

November 2007 – Google Maps for Mobile Launches
Justin Lee on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lis186/222048525/

2007 – TomTom Acquires Tele Atlas, Nokia Acquires Navteq

2008 – Waze founded
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wazeiphone.png

May 2008 – Brightkite Launches
Tom Raftery on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/traftery/4400475227/

June 2008 – iPhone 3G Launches
theleetgeeks on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/theleetgeeks/2662322865/

August 2008 – Gowalla Launches

August 2008 – Yahoo! Fire Eagle Launches
Laughing Squid on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/2313476788/

February 2009 – Google Latitude Launches
Matt Jones on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackbeltjones/3253226650/

March 2009 – Foursquare Launches
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June 2009 – W3C Geolocationin Firefox
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Firefox_3.5_logo.png

August 2009 – Twitter Launches Geotagging
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Twitter_2010_logo.svg

October 2009 – Google Launches Free Navigation
arrayexception on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/arrayexception/4053931102/

2010 – Nokia Launches Free Navigation

2010 – Facebook Places launched

Marco Bellucci on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcobellucci/3534516458/

http://twitter.com/vicchi/status/19113610835

Check-in + Rewards
Google Places for Android
Twitter Places
Adds Check-In
Jan 10 Feb 10 Mar 10 Apr 10 May 10 June 10 July10 Aug10
Facebook
Places
Launched
BooyahMyTown adds Product Check-in

Loopt Pulse (events/places)
Developer Programme
Boost Mobile
iPhone
Android
FB Connect launched
Sprint
FB Connect announcement
Loopt Mix
Unifies service across networks
Loopt Mix as separate app
ATT
Java, iPhone
Tweetsii
Samsung
Unicom
S60
Web
Gypsii Connect
Dopod
China Mobile
Android
Location sharing API
Buzz
History & Alerts
Latitude
API
iPhone
App Gallery
Android
API
Upgrade
Business Analytics
Raw Version
iPhone 1.2
API
Android
iPhone
iPhone 2.0
Launch
iPhone 3 .0
BB version
Universal check-in
Android
iPhone
Launch
Merges with Limbo
AR app on Layar
API beta
2.0

Thank you
Gary Gale, Director Ovi Places Registry
gary.gale@nokia.com
twitter.com/vicchi

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