Comments on: Google Latitude: Consumerizing Location and Emergencies http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2009/02/18/google-latitude-consumerizing-location-and-emergencies/ Thoughts and Lessons from an African Open-Source Project Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:20:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: The Grid in Tanzania and an African Mobile Phone Documentary | White African http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2009/02/18/google-latitude-consumerizing-location-and-emergencies/comment-page-1/#comment-935 The Grid in Tanzania and an African Mobile Phone Documentary | White African Fri, 15 May 2009 20:05:59 +0000 http://blog.ushahidi.com/?p=252#comment-935 [...] Grid is really a direct competitor to Google Latitude (I’ve written about this here), something I’m really excited to see coming out of [...] [...] Grid is really a direct competitor to Google Latitude (I’ve written about this here), something I’m really excited to see coming out of [...]

]]> By: Raquel Wilson http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2009/02/18/google-latitude-consumerizing-location-and-emergencies/comment-page-1/#comment-735 Raquel Wilson Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:47:50 +0000 http://blog.ushahidi.com/?p=252#comment-735 Unfortunately, since the debut, I've only been able to access the desktop application. When I try to access on my iPhone, I just get a landing page that says "Coming Soon". Hopefully that coming soon will be sooner than later. I think the app could have real potential, but I haven't been able to really play around with it while I'm out. Unfortunately, since the debut, I’ve only been able to access the desktop application. When I try to access on my iPhone, I just get a landing page that says “Coming Soon”. Hopefully that coming soon will be sooner than later. I think the app could have real potential, but I haven’t been able to really play around with it while I’m out.

]]> By: Get Lingala » Location, Mobiles and Social Networks http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2009/02/18/google-latitude-consumerizing-location-and-emergencies/comment-page-1/#comment-720 Get Lingala » Location, Mobiles and Social Networks Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:21:21 +0000 http://blog.ushahidi.com/?p=252#comment-720 [...] on my Ushahidi hat, this has some pretty big ramifications for disaster and emergency work in locations where Google use is [...] [...] on my Ushahidi hat, this has some pretty big ramifications for disaster and emergency work in locations where Google use is [...]

]]> By: Get Out of Car Lease Immediately | Car Leasing http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2009/02/18/google-latitude-consumerizing-location-and-emergencies/comment-page-1/#comment-700 Get Out of Car Lease Immediately | Car Leasing Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:48:17 +0000 http://blog.ushahidi.com/?p=252#comment-700 [...] Google Latitude: Consumerizing Location and Emergencies - The … [...] [...] Google Latitude: Consumerizing Location and Emergencies – The … [...]

]]> By: Chris http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2009/02/18/google-latitude-consumerizing-location-and-emergencies/comment-page-1/#comment-679 Chris Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:46:46 +0000 http://blog.ushahidi.com/?p=252#comment-679 As much as I love the hereish and nowish, when it come to locating my daughter in an earthquake, I want it exact. Here's a quick mockup showing what precise location awareness would give us (especially when combined with a crowdsourced "crisis graph" of data.) http://www.flickr.com/photos/unthinkingly/3293576119/ As much as I love the hereish and nowish, when it come to locating my daughter in an earthquake, I want it exact.

Here’s a quick mockup showing what precise location awareness would give us (especially when combined with a crowdsourced “crisis graph” of data.)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/unthinkingly/3293576119/

]]> By: Location, Mobiles and Social Networks | White African http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2009/02/18/google-latitude-consumerizing-location-and-emergencies/comment-page-1/#comment-676 Location, Mobiles and Social Networks | White African Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:46:42 +0000 http://blog.ushahidi.com/?p=252#comment-676 [...] on my Ushahidi hat, this has some pretty big ramifications for disaster and emergency work in locations where Google use is [...] [...] on my Ushahidi hat, this has some pretty big ramifications for disaster and emergency work in locations where Google use is [...]

]]> By: Erik Hersman http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2009/02/18/google-latitude-consumerizing-location-and-emergencies/comment-page-1/#comment-675 Erik Hersman Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:20:24 +0000 http://blog.ushahidi.com/?p=252#comment-675 Okay, just buried myself in that post Jan. I tend to agree with Matt on the ambiguity of on location/time being (possibly more) useful for certain types of interactions. Of course, with my Ushahidi hat on, I think of this in terms of crisis/disaster/emergency - which is very much as near real-time, and as accurate as makes sense to use, as you can get. Okay, just buried myself in that post Jan. I tend to agree with Matt on the ambiguity of on location/time being (possibly more) useful for certain types of interactions. Of course, with my Ushahidi hat on, I think of this in terms of crisis/disaster/emergency – which is very much as near real-time, and as accurate as makes sense to use, as you can get.

]]> By: Jan http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2009/02/18/google-latitude-consumerizing-location-and-emergencies/comment-page-1/#comment-674 Jan Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:00:49 +0000 http://blog.ushahidi.com/?p=252#comment-674 You might like this thread from Matt Jones on the hereish and nowish of location: http://magicalnihilism.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/exporting-the-past-into-the-future-or-the-possibility-jelly-lives-on-the-hypersurface-of-the-present/ You might like this thread from Matt Jones on the hereish and nowish of location: http://magicalnihilism.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/exporting-the-past-into-the-future-or-the-possibility-jelly-lives-on-the-hypersurface-of-the-present/

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