User:Donbribon/BlooSee
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BlooSee is a social network and an ocean web mapping site where sailors, surfers and other sea lovers geotag and share information and knowledge about the oceans[1]. BlooSee is built in Python and uses the Google Maps API.
BlooSee is owned by BlooSee, Inc. a Silicon Valley Startup company[2] originally founded in 2009 by internet entrepreneurs Pedro Valdeolmillos and Marc Puig in Barcelona, Spain[3][4].
The Explore Section
[edit]The Explore Section of BlooSee offers bits of geolocated infomation contributed by users layered over satellite imagery of the world. These bits of infomation are called infopoints and are represented by color coded icons. Users can create and edit infopoints like in a wiki. A menu on the left hand side of the screen presents a taxonomy of infopoints and allows to show, hide and create different types of infopoints. Each infopoint has a unique URL and accepts hyperlinks and photos.
Other features of the Explore Section include a distance calculator, a "go to address" search box, a box for entering geographical coordinates, a route feature, and the possibility to obtaint URL's and embed codes for each map view.
The Social Section
[edit]BlooSee is a full featured social network with user profiles, status updates, user groups, dicussion forums, etc. and where users can "friend" and message others, as well as "like" infopoints and mark these as "I have been there". Users have the possibility to sync their activity on BlooSee with their Faceboo and Twitter profiles.
Mobile App
[edit]BlooSee is also available as a free IPhone_app. An Android version is in the works.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Mapping Oceans and Bodies of Water", WebMapSocial presentation at the Google Headquarters, July 20, 2010.
- ^ Entry for BlooSee, Inc. on Crunchbase Internet Startup Database
- ^ "The Wikipedia of the Seas looks for investors in Silicon Valley" Article on Expansión, main business newspaper in Spain (Spanish)
- ^ BlooSee featured in Informe Semanal TV News Show
External links
[edit]Category:Google Earth Category:Virtual globes Category:Linux software Category:Mac OS X software Category:Windows software Category:IPhone OS software Category:Keyhole Markup Language Category:2010 software Category:Mashup (web application hybrid) Category:Web 2.0 Category:Ocean maps Category:Google Maps Category:Crowdsourcing Category:Internet properties established in 2009