Mike Walsh on the “next” big thing for 2008: location enabled devices.
Like everyone else, I played with Google Earth for five minutes when it launched. I looked up my house, the Pyramids and the Eiffel Tower - and then I didn’t touch it again for ages. That is, until recently. You see the power of Google Earth was never really the cool satellite images at all. It was the ability to add extra layers of content. And its only lately that geotagged content has started to reach a critical mass.
While the possibilities are vast, you’ll be able to look up a location, just about anywhere, and see photos, videos, and even read comments left by others who have been there already. Talk about getting the “lie of the land”.
