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Saturday, March 17, 2007
Geocaching with Google Maps
Geocaching is about treasure-hunting via global positioning: You hide something, describe where it is, and let others search for it. It's that simple.
In the case of Drop Spots there's no GPS or other location method involved. You just describe where the loot was hidden via Drop Spots' site. You can't even do that via a mobile phone, so technically speaking this is a "Google Maps 101" service that probably took just a few days to develop when talking the service backend. Even so, it's a nice combinatoric solution using Google Maps in an interesting new way, and that doesn't require any new technology on the user's part. Adding mobile access shouldn't be that hard.
The site doesn't have a page rank despite being launched in 2006. That's a bit weird.
In the case of Drop Spots there's no GPS or other location method involved. You just describe where the loot was hidden via Drop Spots' site. You can't even do that via a mobile phone, so technically speaking this is a "Google Maps 101" service that probably took just a few days to develop when talking the service backend. Even so, it's a nice combinatoric solution using Google Maps in an interesting new way, and that doesn't require any new technology on the user's part. Adding mobile access shouldn't be that hard.
The site doesn't have a page rank despite being launched in 2006. That's a bit weird.
