Lokasi - a Where Am I Application

Lokasi is a very simple location based application which just tells you where you are. I prepared this presentation for the @cartonama conference.

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1. LOKASI Building a very basic Location based app
2. @mayanks ONZE Technologies Private Limited.
3. WHERE AM I?
4. GPS COORDINATES Lattitue = 12.963707 Longitude = 77.637793
5. ADDRESS The Energy & Resources Institute 4th Main, 2nd Cross Next to Domlur Club Domlur 2nd Stage, Bangalore – 560 071
6. LOCATION ON MAP
7. LOCATION SPECIFIER The Energy and Resources Institute Shankar Nag Road, 2nd stage, Domlur CLOSE TO Oneness Center 0.3 km OFF HAL Airport Road 0.5 km FROM HAL Airport Road Flyover
8. W H Y ? LOCATION SPECIFIER (and not others)
9. useless Hey Where are you? I am at 12.96N and 77.63S And that makes sense to me because.... lat/lng without map?
10. Postal Address? useless Adobe India Bangalore Office Salarpuria Infinity, 3rd Floor #5, Bannerghatta Road Bangalore-560029
11. reading map? not trivial. Ask your Grand mom
12. A friend in need Human Friendly
13. ANATOMY OF A LOCATION SPECIFIER
14. The Energy and Resources Institute Shankar Nag Road, 2nd stage, Domlur CLOSE TO Oneness Center 0.3 km OFF HAL Airport Road 0.5 km FROM HAL Airport Road Flyover Name of the place. Placemark or Waypoint Name of the road on which the place is. Local name preferable. Area or Locality the place is in. Locality must be popularly known. Landmark or a reasonably well known place nearby. Distance from the nearest main road. Distance from a major intersection.
15. LOCATION SPECIFIER ALTERNATIVE ? Reverse Geocoding
16. Google Reverse Geocoding 4th Main Rd, Domlur II Stage, Domlur, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Helpful ?
17. What kind of GEO DATA Is needed for LS
18. Placemarks/Waypoints Roads Intersections Locality/Area => Points with accurate Lat/Long. => Lines with reasonably accurate bends. => Intersections of roads, => Reasonably complex and accurate polygon.
19. LOKASI WHERE AM I? APP beta
20. Shows your current Location Specifier Shows your current location on map Lets you share your location on SMS, Email and Web
21. Simple Share Secure => Just tells you where you are. => Share with your friends who may have access to just SMS. => Only people who you send to know your location.
22. GET IT It's in beta http://lokasi.latlong.in https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.onze.lokasi
23. thanks