A company called SimpleGeo has recently launched SimpleGeo location services infrastructure to allow developers to make location-aware applications. The ready-to-use infrastructure (libraries and SDKs) makes it easy and cost-effective to add geo-aware features to apps. For instance, using the SimpleGeo iPhone SDK, developers should be able to make an augmented reality interface in dramatically less time.
At launch, the company already has more than 4,000 developers utilizing its platform, including major innovators such as Bump Technologies and ngmoco. SimpleGeo’s offering consists of two products:
- Cloud-based SimpleGeo Storage Engine – which is a pay-as-you-go system that allows users to store location data and perform geospatial and temporal queries efficiently.
- The SimpleGeo Marketplace – that allows developers to discover geodata from numerous sources, all normalized and available in one location. According to SimpleGeo, this service effectively creates a new economy for geodata providers, putting them directly in touch with developers. Currently there are billions of points of geodata in the market that customers can access, and it continues to grow. Data is accessed through a per-use or monthly subscription, or a limited free version.
Additional information is available from SimpleGeo’s website…