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MetaPlaces = Locatition Data + Services + Conference + San Jose

Umibot has been helping the producers of this September’s MetaPlaces with programming decisions. We’re excited in that this show looks beyond web-based technologies–it asks the question how any of this makes money. In an increasingly mobile world with distribution mattering … Continue reading

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Skyhook Wireless Integrates Urban Mapping Neighborhood Data

Today Urban Mapping and Skyhook Wireless announce an exciting partnership that incorporates UMI’s neighborhood boundary data into Lokiā„¢, a location-based search and navigation toolbar that leverages the Skyhook Wireless positioning system, delivering the most relevant content and services based on … Continue reading

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Urban Mapping to Present at Location Based Services 2008

UMI’s own Ian White will be crossing the pond to Berlin, October 27-30, for IIR’s LBS conference in Germany. Ian will participate on a panel discussion, Can You Find The Way? Where Next For Mapping?” We aren’t sure if IIR … Continue reading

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UMI University Presents…

Fabien Girardin will be dropping by UMI this Friday for a lunchtime show-and-tell. He’ll give a version of his CHI presentation, “Bridging the Social-technical Gap in Location-aware Computing.” Here’s the abstract… Building ubiquitous applications that exploit location requires integrating underlying … Continue reading

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