Sonar - Project Draft
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Definition
FreeSonar is a mobile free software for real-time location-based socializing, sharing PoI, self-organizing and sharing events, travelling, ride sharing and other features.
FreeSonar helps to link the virtual world of social network users into real world around them, encourageing to interact in real time at real places based on shared interests or shared activities.
FreeSonar is designed to be interoperable with other similar open services and applications carefully considers users freedom, privacy and security providing them maximal control of their visibility, ownership of their personal data and independence from proprietary services.
Description
Sonar is the biological radar used by dolphins (and some other animals) to locate, explore and communicate other dolphins and objects in their surrounding environment. Sonar as in this project is a location based network search and interaction tool used to geolocate other peers or places-of-interest or surrounding objects, to identifiy, explore and relate with them in a ways that are already out of dolphins jargon.
Sonar is a free software application developing by community efforts for the community.
Features
location based profile search, interest based activity search, real time event search, combined search for a given proximity around given geographic place for a given interest keyword, in a given time period, etc.
alerts for matched travel plans from different users
TRANSPORTATION - hitch-hike/pick-up alerts
places of interest - places, tags, badges, comments, geonotes
places to stay - accommodation rentals/sharing, coach-surfing
activites, events, calendars, subscriptions -
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Architecture
P2P Social Network/Microblogging Framework
Theoretically P2P protocols support delay tolerant communication via all possible ways that any one peace of hardwear can comunicate with any other peace of hardware (Internet, intranet, bluetooth, usb memory disk, etc.)
Travel Data Aggregation
- Wikitravel - Wikitravel is a project to create a free, complete, up-to-date, and reliable worldwide travel guide. So far it has 24,445 destination guides and other articles written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe.
Events Data Aggregation
- Eventful - A web service which aims to help users to search, track, and share events. Users can search for events worldwide by time, location, performer, keyword. Can create private or public calendars.
Location Data Aggregation
Location and places are provided by the GPS device is available or calculated from wifi spots and cell towers.
Places of interest. Users 'check in' at Spots in their local vicinity, either through a dedicated mobile application or through the mobile website...
The places are named not as street addresses but locations like "Home", "The Samarian Club" or even places like "Sleeping".
User can leave a note at a specific location for himself or other people which they will get next time being there (Geonote). The application can trigger a specified callback URL when user enters or leaves a specific location (Geoloqi).
Layers of map: In Layar - Layers are REST web services serving geo-located points of interest in the vicinity of the user.
Visualization of the Radar
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Evaluation
Decreasing the CO2 emitted by cars considering the decrease of cars driving 3/4 empty...
Related Endeavors
License
- GNU AGPL - The GNU Affero General Public License is a free, copyleft license for software and other kinds of works, specifically designed to ensure cooperation with the community in the case of network server software.
