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ubiquitous location,the new frontier &hyperlocal nirvana? garygale yahoo! geo technologies garyg@yahoo-inc.com twitter.com/vicchi
2 KELLYLEEBARRETT on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/kellylee/4177529745/
3 Gary Gale on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/vicchi/4414198544/
this talk is brought to you … Brian Indrelunas on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/btindrelunas/145692717/
… by the number 3 boklm on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/boklm/486646798/
… by the word local (hyper and micro) Craig A Rodway on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/m0php/3456026311/
… and by a theory BharathKishore on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/bharathkishore/4428219272/
warning: may contain references to checking in and foursquare Simon Lieschke on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/slieschke/2914498846/
“you may well ask,chris, what is my theory?” Larry He’s So Fine on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/18946008@N06/3239708619/
the theory of stuff 10
11 Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vicchi/4322247790/ and http://www.vicchi.org/2010/02/01/the-theory-of-stuff/
“what is it for and why would anyone use it?” @aaronofmontreal pkingDesign on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/pkingdesign/4081588224/
some numbers KoenVereeken on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/koenvereeken/2088902012/
comscore2009 digital year (us)
http://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/local-online-to-grow-12-in-2009-will-slow-next-year-11000/borrell-associates-local-online-marketing-spend-forecast-advertising-promotions-october-2009jpg/
mobile search revenue forecast (us) http://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/us-mobile-search-ad-revenues-to-reach-14b-in-2012-1578/tkg-mobile-search-revenue-forecastjpg/
hyperlocal, adj: jlz on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlz/4439715350/
entities & events located in a well defined, community scale, area nep on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/nep/1812127513/
intended for consumption by residents/visitors to that area Hybridotus on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/hybridotus/40408803/
created by a resident or visitor to that area splorp on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/splorp/59231687/
technology hurdles … 21 Tommy on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/28946649@N02/3790596718/
matching jlz on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlz/4439715350/
content D’Arcy Norman on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/2781572080/
intent hey mr glen on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/glenscott/2615622293/ 24
http://www.flickr.com/photos/glenscott/2615622293/ users National Library NZ on The Commons on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationallibrarynz_commons/3326203787/ 25
geo Leo Reynolds on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/4371010785/
parsing & tagging szim90 on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/szim90/272670479/
intent pcg on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/pgc/199661101/
location Billy V on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/billyv/352560572/
ip Jeff Kubina on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/kubina/941654709/ 30
gps John_dulaney on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/15046584@N08/1562794445/ 31
a-gps Grudnick on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/9716802@N02/2636730052/ 32
cell tower Mist Dog  on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/mistdog/770903199/ 33
wifiaccess point Travellin’ Librarian on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/311646165/ 34
hyperlocal genera 35 Abulic Monkey on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/abulic_monkey/3173772897/
“classic” hyperlocal allaboutgeorge on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/allaboutgeorge/2583886589/
“corporate” hyperlocal annshi on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/annshi/3879730603/
Nickel N on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickelnijman/4449870171/
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“user” hyperlocal 6S on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/6smarketing/3907983896/
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granularity mikemol on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/28208534@N07/4310966901/
local – county level
hyperlocal – city or neighbourhood level
microlocal – block level
elephant in the room syndrome Adrian Midgley on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/midgley/3237080905/
is location that ubiquitous? stevegarfield on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevegarfield/1270723762//
only ~21% of total handsets 51 JoeyPeter  on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeypeter/2889411919/
what about the other ~79% … ? 52
privacy
inventory? 56 Puck-Man on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/puckman/3450453524/
ip Jeff Kubina on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/kubina/941654709/ 57
accuracy # 1 58
accuracy # 2 59
negativity
mayor of the north pole krazydata on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2626866614/
faking it
hyperlocal outlook makelessnoise on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/makelessnoise/132712410/
5m subscribers by 2011 gigaom.com, August 2008 Ed Yourdon on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/2626866614/
1 check in per second
33% of mobile users read mobile news mm&t, March 2010 ilamont.com on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilamont/4328628207/
foursquare history
mercurynews.com– 3/26/10
and finally UIC Digital Collections on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/uicdigital/4387525282/
developer.yahoo.com/geo/geoplanet
woeids stevefaeembra on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevefaeembra/3567750853/
developer.yahoo.com/geo/placemaker
fireeagle.yahoo.net
www.flickr.com
Geonames ISO (3166-1 Alpha 2 and ISO 3166-2) FIPS (	10-4, 5-2, 6-4 and 55-3) INSEE JGDC IATA ICAO
where.yahooapis.com/v1/concordance
not taking notes? selva on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/selva/24604141/
Ubiquitous Location,The New Frontier & Hyperlocal Nirvana Gary Gale Yahoo! Geo Technologies garyg@yahoo-inc.com twitter.com/vicchi http://slideshare.net/vicchi
Thanks for Listening Paul Keleher on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/pkeleher/1658311814/
t: @vicchi b: www.vicchi.org w: www.garygale.com

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Ubiquitous Location, The New Frontier and Hyperlocal Nirvana

Editor's Notes

  1. http://www.vicchi.org/2010/02/01/the-theory-of-stuff/ … the short version of the theory states that in order for a business to succeed you need three things, some Stuff, be it data, inventory or something else, some People, your audience and some Secret Sauce which allows you to connect the audience to the stuff in a bidirectional manner.
  2. 21% of phones are expected to have GPS by EOY 2009 …
  3. 21% of phones are expected to have GPS by EOY 2009 …
  4. … but what about the other 79% which don’t have GPS?
  5. http://isithackday.com/hacks/geo/distance.php
  6. .
  7. http://gigaom.com/2008/08/06/mobile-subscribers-forecast-to-top-5-billion-mark-by-2011/
  8. http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/12/foursquare-check-ins/http://twitter.com/foursquare/status/7599620845
  9. http://www.mobilemarketingandtechnology.com/?p=954
  10. http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_14763226
  11. ISO – countries, states, countiesFIPS – countries, US states, US counties, US placesINSEE – towns in FranceJGDC – admin, towns, POIsIATA – airportsICAO - airports
  12. Geonames US only beta