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 a free software application developing by the community efforts for the community.
Features
Real-time map
GPS-enabled mobile phones which are connected to the internet send data to the server at regular intervals. The location data can be calculated from wifi spots and cell towers with sufficient approximation for devices without GPS.
Alerts/proximity notifications:
To reduce the repeating queries of the users it is possible to subscribe real-time proximity alerts for the following:
- People matching search criteria for Interests, Activities, etc.
- Travelers sharing car space or looking for transport matching the travel route (partially or completely).
- Places of interest matching the search keyword/tag.
- Non-private events matching the search keywrod/tag.
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Check-In: - Automatic checkins into areas defined by a user. Logging location data privately
Displaying current location on a map with a trail showing recent history Sending a perishable link to a map, expires after a preset time Geonotes - optionally publicly accessible, delivered by SMS Account creation, and device authorization Location triggers Automatic check-ins on Foursquare Send links that expire at a destination rather than a time period Presets for battery life, high res logging, etc Custom triggers - call a callback URL when certain conditions are met
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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Protocol
Open standarts: oauth
Developing protocols for cross platform location hsaring.
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.
Hiking tours....
Events Data Aggregation
Geocoded wiki articles:
- 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.
Simple User Interface
- Visualization of the Radar
Evaluation
The growth and potential of the mobile market is really amazing. A new report from Juniper Research says that the number of subscribers using mobile Internet services will rise from 577 million currently, to top 1.7 billion by 2013, spurred by demand for collaborative applications known collectively as 'web 2.0,' and greater 2.5/3G penetration. Putting that figure into some context, a report from Gartner earlier this week had said that the worldwide PC base would reach 2 billion by 2014 - so internet access by mobile phones will represent at around 50% of the total internet usage. Source: Cellular News.
Related Endeavors
License
Sonar is a free software application developing by the community efforts for the community. It is available under GNU AGPL 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.
