Keyword: geo

Host a Tech Savvy Scavenger Hunt in Your Local Community

Host a Tech Savvy Scavenger Hunt in Your Local Community

OK, Ok, you don’t need to barcode a building, but you can create a scavenger hunt in your community for those tech savvy peeps who would love to rise to the challenge. A fun and simple way to do this would be to create an account with StickyBits.com and place StickyBit stickers around your area requiring your participants to check ...

Janie Coffey | 2010/05/05  | 13 Comments Tech

Google Maps Finally Allows Flickr and Picasa Photos

Google Maps Finally Allows Flickr and Picasa Photos

Google has finally opened up their geo-tagged photo source for Maps and Street Views from the irritating and cumbersome Panaramio to Flickr and Picasa. (official Google Release). Geo-tagged photos are tagged by you (automatically or manually) with the location of a photo.  Google takes that data and situates the photo on Google Maps and Google Street Maps with a link ...

Janie Coffey | 2010/03/03  | 12 Comments Marketing

Bing Maps Just Made Me Snap My Head Up and Say “WOW”!

Bing Maps Just Made Me Snap My Head Up and Say “WOW”!

Bing’s announcement last week of their latest and most sophisticated augmented reality integration into Bing Maps was very exciting in both the mapping and augmented reality circles.  Yet, real estate professionals, especially those with local blogs and or websites will find as much to drool over as the biggest geo-geek. For those of us who have been screaming to have ...

Janie Coffey | 2010/02/17  | 31 Comments Social Media

HUGE News From Twitter – Trending LOCAL Topics

HUGE News From Twitter – Trending LOCAL Topics

Twitter announced yesterday the roll out of Local Trending Topics.(We knew they would be putting to good use their purchase of GeoAPI last month).  This is a big event for the real estate industry and for real estate bloggers especially.  “Who cares what I ate for lunch yesterday?” you ask…. it’s not that, it is the ability to have your ...

Janie Coffey | 2010/01/27  | 11 Comments Media Coverage

Twitter Acquires GeoAPI and Townme – Game Changer

Twitter Acquires GeoAPI and Townme – Game Changer

Twitter announced yesterday, 12/23/09, that it has purchased Mixer Labs, the developers of GeoAPI and Townme.  This is a huge step, showing the big boys are getting serious about location.  As real estate professionals, we better stay sharply attuned to the development of the geo-location field, as our entire beings are based on location, location, location. 2009 has seen the ...

Janie Coffey | 2009/12/24  | 11 Comments Social Media

Santa, I’ve been Naughty, And This Is What I Want In My Stocking!

Santa, I’ve been Naughty, And This Is What I Want In My Stocking!

Yes, I am a demanding little girl, even with Santa. For 2010, I just have a few little things on my list, not too much to ask for I don’t think! That Panoramio would get a better picture uploader.  Come on!  One at a time?  Why don’t you just ask iPhoto for a quick upload button like Flickr has and ...

Janie Coffey | 2009/12/23  | 17 Comments How to

The Top 10 Hot List for 2009 in the Real Estate Geosocial Web

The Top 10 Hot List for 2009 in the Real Estate Geosocial Web

This year has seen an explosion of hot new apps, technology and uses of Neogeography. Neogeography literally means “new geography”, and is commonly applied to the usage of geographical techniques and tools used for personal and community activities or for utilization by a non-expert group of users- Wikipedia While the newly evolving geo-web is not just for Real Estate professionals, ...

Janie Coffey | 2009/12/17  | 13 Comments Social Media