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Loki.com . The main “container” of the service is a toolbar for Firefox, which determines the user's location by IP address. Local search functions and route determination will allow you to find the nearest restaurant with Bangladeshi cuisine and learn how to get to it. Location Channels allow the user to receive location relevant content from his favorite sites. Here I Am - using SMS or email you can tell your friends about your location. You can also put geotags, such as photos for Flickr. There is a mobile version that allows you to do all this on fairly advanced mobile phones. Loki has an API through which developers can add an LBS element to their existing sites.
Ipoki.com is a Spanish startup, they call themselves “GPS social network”. The user installs on his phone (Windows Mobile and Symbian are supported) an application that automatically sends information about its movement to the server. Privacy Controls allow you to determine who has access to this information. You can also use the web version by changing your location manually. Ipoki open source codes, inviting developers to port the application for different devices.
YoMedia.com is a platform for delivering content to mobile devices. They themselves call their strategy “Mobile As a Gateway”. The easiest way to describe one use case: I am the owner of a cafe and I want my guests to have access to the coolest videos I have selected for them. I sign a contract with Yomedia, indicate the zone where the user should be in order to receive content for free. The rest is done by YoMedia. Very useful, for example, in conjunction with large street screens and other advertising media.
Gypsii.com - the service is notable for the fact that along with English, Chinese and Korean, Russian is also supported. This application works on most GPS phones. A simple and convenient interface is implemented by several functions: PlaceMe - allows you to create “Gypsii Place”, attach video, audio or photo to it and automatically upload to the gypsii website. SpaceMe - allows you to see where your friends are, how to get to them, see their Gypsii Places and connect with them. FindMe - shows the user's position on the map. Search - actually search all Gypsii content and places of interest (restaurants, museums, etc.).
Material prepared by Embria research team for the LiveIdea project