Local places go global with new location-based services

Posted: Feb 26, 2011 |

Whether looking for an insolite restaurant in Milan, an old pub in Ireland, a music concert venue in London, a skydiving center in Sydney, or a nightclub in Moscow, many are the places of interest spread across the globe.

Up until now it was difficult to find them all in one single place, be it a website or a mobile app, without looking for a specific category, but rather looking simply for something interesting around our location.

Technology has evolved but while many websites and apps now categorise travel places, not so many actually target places of interest of all kinds, just based on location. Thanks to Google maps, streetview and GPS, new services like foursquare, yelp, qype and Woomark are emerging.

Location-based services are services, accessible with mobile devices through the mobile network and utilizing the ability to make use of the geographical position of the mobile device.

Woomark is a good example of how technology can be used to easily connect like-minded people and explore new places.

Woomark.com is a website that allows users to publish, review, share and discover new places based on their location. Users with Android phones can also download a free app and start exploring places "on the go" based on your GPS location.

Woomark users can create, explore and share places or groups of interest on Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz, Stumbleupon and other popular services. They can also follow other users "a la Twitter" and send each other private messages if they want to find out more about a place.

Signing up to Woomark is free and made easy by using existing Facebook, Google or Yahoo accounts.

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