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Their website is missing a clear and specific description of their service.

by bkudria 17y ago

wdewind 17y ago
I agree. After reading around a little I SORT of get what it does, but not really.
Raphael 17y ago
Here's what we need front and center. "SimpleGeo, in its most basic form, indexes data by location using latitude and longitude so that you can easily search for things that are nearby. This allows developers to easily scale, manage, and query their location data. On top of this basic feature, SimpleGeo also provides rich location data, reverse geocoding, and other tools to help developers leverage the location of their users." http://help.simplegeo.com/faqs/company/what-would-i-use-simplegeo-for http://help.simplegeo.com/faqs/company/what-would-i-use-simp...
- swombat 17y ago
  They have a better one on their blog: "SimpleGeo is a ready-to-use location infrastructure that makes it dead simple to make your app location aware." http://blog.simplegeo.com/ http://blog.simplegeo.com/
- dcurtis 17y ago
  That's still a terrible description. What makes location data "rich"? And how do developers use "rich location data" to "leverage the location of their users?" What exactly does it do?
  - pkaler 17y ago
    I did a talk with Matt Galligan when he was in Vancouver last month. You can see the video here: http://blip.tv/file/3340542/ http://blip.tv/file/3340542/ I can't seem to dig up a video of Matt's talk. Basically, Navteq and Tele Atlas own the base map data. Google, Bing, and MapQuest add intelligence on top of this data with features like Street View and driving directions. Foursquare and Gowalla add another layer of intelligence with where people and places are at right now. Rich location data is the "what,when,why,who" is at this location. SimpleGeo is: 1) Storage for location with metadata about what's at that location 2) A marketplace to buy and sell data about locations So, off the top of my head. I can create a door-to-door canvassing app and ask residents if they are Democrats or Republicans. Then I could sell this data to others that would be interested in this data.
- natrius 17y ago
  Even after reading that, I still don't understand what I'd do with it. I'm guessing I'm the target audience since I'm developing a location-oriented application right now and I've developed several before, so if I don't understand what's going on, there's probably a problem.
dabent 17y ago
That was my thought exactly. They've got 13 people doing what exactly? I tried to read their story, but the "Our Start" page in the company section isn't there. It's a really clean design, but really sparse on real information.

Their website is missing a clear and specific description of their service.

by bkudria 17y ago

Their website is missing a clear and specific description of their service.

wdewind 17y ago

I agree. After reading around a little I SORT of get what it does, but not really.

Raphael 17y ago

Here's what we need front and center. "SimpleGeo, in its most basic form, indexes data by location using latitude and longitude so that you can easily search for things that are nearby. This allows developers to easily scale, manage, and query their location data. On top of this basic feature, SimpleGeo also provides rich location data, reverse geocoding, and other tools to help developers leverage the location of their users." http://help.simplegeo.com/faqs/company/what-would-i-use-simplegeo-for http://help.simplegeo.com/faqs/company/what-would-i-use-simp...

swombat 17y ago
They have a better one on their blog: "SimpleGeo is a ready-to-use location infrastructure that makes it dead simple to make your app location aware." http://blog.simplegeo.com/ http://blog.simplegeo.com/
dcurtis 17y ago
That's still a terrible description. What makes location data "rich"? And how do developers use "rich location data" to "leverage the location of their users?" What exactly does it do?
- pkaler 17y ago
  I did a talk with Matt Galligan when he was in Vancouver last month. You can see the video here: http://blip.tv/file/3340542/ http://blip.tv/file/3340542/ I can't seem to dig up a video of Matt's talk. Basically, Navteq and Tele Atlas own the base map data. Google, Bing, and MapQuest add intelligence on top of this data with features like Street View and driving directions. Foursquare and Gowalla add another layer of intelligence with where people and places are at right now. Rich location data is the "what,when,why,who" is at this location. SimpleGeo is: 1) Storage for location with metadata about what's at that location 2) A marketplace to buy and sell data about locations So, off the top of my head. I can create a door-to-door canvassing app and ask residents if they are Democrats or Republicans. Then I could sell this data to others that would be interested in this data.
natrius 17y ago
Even after reading that, I still don't understand what I'd do with it. I'm guessing I'm the target audience since I'm developing a location-oriented application right now and I've developed several before, so if I don't understand what's going on, there's probably a problem.

dabent 17y ago

That was my thought exactly. They've got 13 people doing what exactly? I tried to read their story, but the "Our Start" page in the company section isn't there. It's a really clean design, but really sparse on real information.