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Google used to do this and I think they shut it down? Or, at least, it never took off. What would you do better? How will you make money?

• emilburzo 11y ago
  > Google used to do this and I think they shut it down? If you're referring to Google Latitude, you're correct. > What would you do better? I'd focus more on the search and rescue (SAR) aid part than the social part. To expand, I specifically made it for my own personal use as I'm a (hobby) skydiver/paraglider pilot/motorcyclist/hiker/cyclist/skier... you get my point (not bragging, just trying to give some background). These are all activities that while you are mostly with a group, there's a lot of time when you are on your own and it's really easy to go missing if the wrong series of events happen. I don't have any really serious personal examples, but I do have one from my country: a sailplane pilot when missing while doing a cross-country flight. There was a massive nation-wide SAR operation for about a week, they've looked for him border-to-border. After that, the operation was pretty much called off. It took a few weeks until some hikers found the sailplane by accident, ~ 13 km from where he took off, pretty much the last place anyone looked (because it was a good thermal day, so everyone thought he made at least 50km+ cross country). While something like Graticule might not have saved him (it's unknown how bad the crash was), it sure could have reduced the SAR. > How will you make money? Currently charging for the "PRO" version where the whole tracklog is persisted, not just the last beacon. Other than adding more features in that version, no idea (it started as my "soul project" not a cash cow).