Comments on: The Future of Location Based Services http://www.blacksworld.net/blog/2007/06/25/the-future-of-location-based-services/ free maps - free beer - free love Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:59:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jack DeNeut http://www.blacksworld.net/blog/2007/06/25/the-future-of-location-based-services/comment-page-1/#comment-8742 Jack DeNeut Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:29:42 +0000 http://www.blacksworld.net/blog/?p=115#comment-8742 Now that I've had a chance to run a Twitter bot for a few months, I'm encountering many of the same problems - hard to keep it up and running reliably. I used Twitter mainly for the free SMS functionality (a user can direct message my bot from Twitter SMS and get a response by SMS without my having to pay SMS fees), but I'd really prefer to get my own SMS number so I have more control over the process. But looking at the prices for outgoing SMSes to Europe, won't be doing that any time soon. Now that I’ve had a chance to run a Twitter bot for a few months, I’m encountering many of the same problems – hard to keep it up and running reliably. I used Twitter mainly for the free SMS functionality (a user can direct message my bot from Twitter SMS and get a response by SMS without my having to pay SMS fees), but I’d really prefer to get my own SMS number so I have more control over the process. But looking at the prices for outgoing SMSes to Europe, won’t be doing that any time soon.

]]> By: Colm McMullan http://www.blacksworld.net/blog/2007/06/25/the-future-of-location-based-services/comment-page-1/#comment-6337 Colm McMullan Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:07:21 +0000 http://www.blacksworld.net/blog/?p=115#comment-6337 It's back online now - problem was that twitter changed the text format of their direct messages so the regular expressions broke :( I'll have to either keep a sharp eye on that or try to second guess what they might change to next... It’s back online now – problem was that twitter changed the text format of their direct messages so the regular expressions broke :(

I’ll have to either keep a sharp eye on that or try to second guess what they might change to next…

]]> By: Colm McMullan http://www.blacksworld.net/blog/2007/06/25/the-future-of-location-based-services/comment-page-1/#comment-6084 Colm McMullan Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:56:58 +0000 http://www.blacksworld.net/blog/?p=115#comment-6084 Hi Jack, It is offline at the moment I'm afraid, I'm hoping to get time this weekend to fix it. Twitter seems to have been having general problems recently and I guess there's a chance it's related (I'm not getting twitters to my mobile for instance). Colm Hi Jack,

It is offline at the moment I’m afraid, I’m hoping to get time this weekend to fix it. Twitter seems to have been having general problems recently and I guess there’s a chance it’s related (I’m not getting twitters to my mobile for instance).

Colm

]]> By: Jack DeNeut http://www.blacksworld.net/blog/2007/06/25/the-future-of-location-based-services/comment-page-1/#comment-6040 Jack DeNeut Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:06:00 +0000 http://www.blacksworld.net/blog/?p=115#comment-6040 Inspired by the Multimap Twitter bot, I wrote a Twitter bot to query the local data I am collecting for Prague, Czech Republic ( http://twitter.com/okoli ). Works in about the same way as the Multimap bot, except that I allow for searching even when you don't know your current address. For example, you can find fast food near the pub you're sitting in at the moment by sending a message to bot in the form 'fast food ? pub name', rather than requiring a query like 'fast food ? 123 oak street'. I built it this way for my own use - I often don't know the address of the bar or restaurant I'm in at the moment. Is the Multimap Twitter bot still working? I tried it a few days ago, and never got anything back. Inspired by the Multimap Twitter bot, I wrote a Twitter bot to query the local data I am collecting for Prague, Czech Republic ( http://twitter.com/okoli ). Works in about the same way as the Multimap bot, except that I allow for searching even when you don’t know your current address. For example, you can find fast food near the pub you’re sitting in at the moment by sending a message to bot in the form ‘fast food ? pub name’, rather than requiring a query like ‘fast food ? 123 oak street’. I built it this way for my own use – I often don’t know the address of the bar or restaurant I’m in at the moment.

Is the Multimap Twitter bot still working? I tried it a few days ago, and never got anything back.

]]> By: SteveC http://www.blacksworld.net/blog/2007/06/25/the-future-of-location-based-services/comment-page-1/#comment-1652 SteveC Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:50:59 +0000 http://www.blacksworld.net/blog/?p=115#comment-1652 Only problem is the address it's given you is wrong, it's not on Bell Street. Only problem is the address it’s given you is wrong, it’s not on Bell Street.

]]> By: John McKerrell http://www.blacksworld.net/blog/2007/06/25/the-future-of-location-based-services/comment-page-1/#comment-1651 John McKerrell Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:26:03 +0000 http://www.blacksworld.net/blog/?p=115#comment-1651 You'll probably be interested to know that you can actually search some Open Street Map sourced data using the multimap twitter bot, there's only a few POI categories available now but that will probably change in the future, take a look at my blog post about it here: http://blog.johnmckerrell.com/2007/06/21/what-my-friends-did-at-hack-day/ You’ll probably be interested to know that you can actually search some Open Street Map sourced data using the multimap twitter bot, there’s only a few POI categories available now but that will probably change in the future, take a look at my blog post about it here:

http://blog.johnmckerrell.com/2007/06/21/what-my-friends-did-at-hack-day/

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