Introducing Earthmarks™
Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 03:18PM Introducing Earthmarks™
We just launched the alpha release of Mirascape™ for Android and we are very excited about it and what is coming soon in future releases. Probably the most important feature for this release is the Earthmark™ (patent-pending!), which is one of the core foundations of the whole platform as we lay the groundwork for augmented reality and connecting people, places, and things.
So, what exactly are Earthmarks™, and why should you care?
One definition of an Earthmark™ is:
“a point of interest (such as a place on a map) that has socially aggregated and curated media-rich content”
Instead of just “checking-in” to a location, trying to earn cute badges, telling everyone on the Internet where you are, or linking photos to a map like you would do in any number of other apps on the market, Earthmarks™ are a completely different way of thinking about location-based services and connecting with other people.
Without getting into what we are planning for Earthmarks™ in the future, I’ll focus on what you can do with them now.
When you launch the Mirascape™ application, you are presented with a dashboard with a few options. The one you are interested in now is the Scout browser icon in the upper left. When you click that, you are presented with a list of nearby Earthmarks™ and points of interest. When you select one of the Earthmarks™, it will open up and
