Along with the Google Earth updates, Google has released a new app called Google Latitude. It's basically the same idea of other lesser known spatial social networking apps but released by Google. NY Geog (nygeog@gmail.com) is on Google latitude. Should be on my iPod Touch when the new app is released for the iPhone.
Here's what The Map Room has to say about it.
Gizmodo’s Brian Lam says, “I tested the service with some people I know, but it’s been hard to say if it’s useful for a guy who has loved ones in generally predictable places.” Indeed: over the past year, my location could probably be expressed as one of the following four options: (1) at home; (2) at work (which frequently is at home); (3) in transit between home and work (unless they’re the same); or (4) none of your goddamn business. In other words, services like Latitude are aimed at a certain lifestyle — urban, active, and not chained to your desk, i.e., Googlers — that may not apply to everyone.
