where 2.0 2008, Burlingame San Francisco Mon. 12, May. Workshop Day 1

Forum from user experinence on Google API
1. Travel site of
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hotelsearchresults?bcFrom=null&packageRatesFlag=null&_requestid=455374
replace MQ maps with google maps http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/6c/1/en/hotelsearchresults?bcFrom=null&packageRatesFlag=null&_requestid=457995

- tourism industry want maps that less complicated, simple hotel location finders,
- travel industry will need more mapping
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2. navx - http://blog.navx.com/
http://beta.navx.com/connect/
- french startup
- cool project
- hope we can help this program in geo sense
- sharing location etc
- community platform to publish community generated geo contents. - this is how to populate geo content in a platform.
- & use google map as platform
- study their beta site, they use FLEX , javascript and google api , http://coenraets.org/blog/2006/06/google-maps-collaboration-using-flex-flash-media-server-and-ajax-updated-for-flex-2-ga/

3. www.realestate.com - http://www.realestate.com/tipsandtools/
- there is 97 million property addresses in US :)
- home valuation
- giving controls to user - i find this is key to most mapping services, giving features for user to do it them self DIY.
- property application is among the priority in geo sense platform, easy to make money and valuable contents to not just property buyer/owner but also valuer, lawyer, banker, insurance, etc.
- the presenter stress user experience, he stress, cache at proxy, local process. I think this matter, if slow, people don't use the map/application

4. www.kayak.com
- making informed travel location
- educate user thru experience
- idea - how to make in geosense such like easy cataloging system to user to list down their location info.
- building API for other to use our application.

Questions / Comments
- question on how to monetize (make money) from mapping application
- what motivate people to share location info.
- provide right platform to motivate people to share info (location info)
- user corrected geo coding
- mapping inaccuracy issues -
- proxy for secured connection
- post GIS post queries,
- make mapping very-very easy to use
- privacy issues

Open Source workshop

The Geo Stack
- tutorial on installing geoserver
- . 1. need to install java
2. http://geoserver.org/display/GEOS/Welcome
- I wonder why mapserver people are not around
3. styling feature using SLD
4.it all about publishing maps
I have all the files to install geoserver & openlayer, pls let me know if needed to try.

I am too jetlagging to continue the tutorial, when out for some cookies & lemonade.

Tutorial Web 2.0 Enterprise mashup from Autodesk.
1. tutorial on installing mapguide and mapguide studio
2. many copies, pastes and scroll downing.
3. I have the trial CD of mapguide, if need to try, pls let me know.

note. Autodesk is serious about going web 2.0 & mashup.

salam

Evening - Ignite 5 min presentations

Can we catchup with them;

Ignite and launch pad is event (7pm - 9pm) where 20-30 startup talk about their project in 5 min.
I share some interesting projects being presented this evening in where 2.0 Burlingame SF.

http://mapufacture.com/

http://www.patientslikeme.com/ - to push for moh
http://crashmap.us/cgi-bin/index.pl
http://gpsmission.com/
http://www.whrrl.com/
http://www.ipoki.com/
http://databasin.org/ - this project has most functionalities that geosense try to explore, (pls study) ***
http://www.maponics.com/Neighborhood_Data/neighborhood_data.html

neighborhood data from prof of berkley UC. ??? good

http://www.greenmap.org/
http://www.greenmap.org/ -

UK access data - a finance dude that presenting the need for free geo data access in UK, without data you can't built services
changing gov mind on data access

http://www.pushpin.com/ - launching free API
http://rest.alpha.pushpin.com/states/CA/cities
http://www.concharto.com/home.htm - vs crosspath? www.xcrosspath.com - it does not cross to other data.
http://www.focation.com/sg/ - location grid
http://en.oreilly.com/where2008/public/schedule/detail/359 - can outsource mapping project?
http://openspace.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/openspace/index.html
http://wheresthepath.googlepages.com/wheresthepath.htm

salam