new jersey geographer » mobile http://njgeo.org GIS and planning in New Jersey Wed, 09 May 2012 13:03:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Some thoughts on the ESRI DevSummit http://njgeo.org/2011/03/16/thoughts-on-devsummit/ http://njgeo.org/2011/03/16/thoughts-on-devsummit/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:29:16 +0000 John Reiser http://njgeo.org/?p=515 Continue reading →]]> Geography Word Cloud BannerI’m back from the sixth ESRI DevSummit. It was a great event full of informative sessions, socializing and networking. This was one of the first conferences in a while where I did not participate more than simply attending. The DevSummit is truly for devoted developers and while I do some development, it’s nowhere near what I could call full time. Many of the user presentations were incredible displays of GIS geekery and I’m still in awe with what some people are doing with the software.(...)
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]]> http://njgeo.org/2011/03/16/thoughts-on-devsummit/feed/ 5 Location-Based Services on the BlackBerry Platform http://njgeo.org/2009/01/24/location-based-services-on-the-blackberry-platform/ http://njgeo.org/2009/01/24/location-based-services-on-the-blackberry-platform/#comments Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:52:44 +0000 John Reiser http://njgeo.org/?p=63 Continue reading →]]> I just recently picked up a BlackBerry Bold. I admit, I’m a CrackBerry addict; I’m an even bigger fan now that I know their browser has a GPS location object that is accessible through JavaScript.

I have a sample set up here that demonstrates how the browser provides the phone’s coordinates and javascript that converts those coordinates to US National Grid coordinates.

I’m going to spend more time thinking about integrating mobile/GPS applications into websites like NJ State Atlas. I might try making a Smart Growth Locator that performs a lookup on where you are currently located. One of my longer term goals would be to create some sort of social networking site that is based on the National Grid. The Grid would allow you to handle proximity and fuzziness in a way not currently offered in other location-based social networking apps.

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