A highlight from the 2009 Horizon Report (http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2009) is that in 2-3 years everything will be geo-coded.
- Geocoding is attaching a latitude and longitude to an item - like a picture or a video to denote where in the world it was taken; this is also called geotagging. Many cameras and mobile phones will now automatically attach geocode information to phtots and videos.
- Geocaching is when a mobile device detects where you are and offers you context aware info that is related to your location. It is not far off that as you walk past a building, you will be able to listen to historical information about the building from your phone.
- Mashups can be created between Flickr geotagged pictures being overlayed onto a google map to create a visual story of a particular location.
Love how your Animoto video in a later post extends this concept to include shopping via GPS. *grins*
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