Comments on: Map Happy http://www.semiconductorblog.com/2008/04/10/map-happy/ Revealing commentary and news about the semiconductor industry from Don Scansen. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:28:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 by: street trucks http://www.semiconductorblog.com/2008/04/10/map-happy/#comment-5696 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:07:25 +0000 http://www.semiconductorblog.com/2008/04/10/map-happy/#comment-5696 <strong>street trucks...</strong> Do you have a newsletter to sign up to?... street trucks…

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]]> by: Darren http://www.semiconductorblog.com/2008/04/10/map-happy/#comment-4601 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:25:41 +0000 http://www.semiconductorblog.com/2008/04/10/map-happy/#comment-4601 With the vast majority of people having camera phones, and GPS providing the ability to locate exactly where photos are taken, why not let consumers do the work for the likes of Google and MapJack? I'm sure some sort if incentive could be created to entice consumers to snap away with their camera phones. With a potential workforce of 100,000s, it would be relatively easy and cost effective to quickly build a constantly updataing picture of a given city. How's that for a carbon neutral solution? With the vast majority of people having camera phones, and GPS providing the ability to locate exactly where photos are taken, why not let consumers do the work for the likes of Google and MapJack? I’m sure some sort if incentive could be created to entice consumers to snap away with their camera phones. With a potential workforce of 100,000s, it would be relatively easy and cost effective to quickly build a constantly updataing picture of a given city.

How’s that for a carbon neutral solution?

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