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How to use Geolocation in your webapp @ FOWA Dublin 2010
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Building geolocation into your web app is becoming a necessity for almost everyone these days. It's a complex problem though, so in this session you'll learn from how Twitter is doing this and pick up important lessons for your web app.
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How to use Geolocation in your webapp @ FOWA Dublin 2010
- How to use Geolocation in your web app Raffi Krikorian, Twitter @raffi Future of Web Apps, Dublin, 2010
- People want to talk about where they are
- People want to discover what’s around them
- Location is -
- Location is - Context and Relevancy
- Location is - Context for production
- Location is - Context for consumption
- Location is - Globally applicable, locally relevant
- When people think of location, they think of a place
- Sometimes the actual place doesn’t matter
- What makes a place?
- What makes a place? 53o20’44.5”N, 6o15’39.7”W
- What makes a place? Temple Bar / Dublin / Ireland
- What makes a place? Rome or Roma / Tokyo or
- What makes a place? WOEID 560743 or twID cd7c17e3e56d7920
- How do I get started?
- IP-based location
- W3C Geolocation
- Coalition of the willing
- Brokered location
- Location databases
- But, why?
- I’m a user, and I want the future
- REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
- Associated Press
- Thanks!
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