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So You’ve Checked in on Foursquare, Now What?

Posted 09.24.2010 by Craig Saper

It’s about time that the developer community came out of hibernation and began to create interactive applications utilizing the various public geo-social 3rd party APIs.

One of those, WeePlaces, visualizes Foursquare check-ins chronologically and allows a user to compare their check-ins with others within their social community. While it is a bit buggy and certainly could use some added functionality, the concept is both entertaining and intriguing (did I really check in at work 200 times in the past 6 months?)

While you’re at it, take a peek at Tripline, a web application with striking resemblance to WeePlaces – although it allows for the mashup of Gowalla, Facebook, Twitter and Tripit data in addition to Foursquare check-ins. After time on both platforms, it seems that Tripline is more useful as a trip-sharing tool than a location-services analytics platform.

The geo-social revolution is just in its infancy. As developers continue to cultivate new digital applications, businesses identify how to best monetize on the platforms and the public figures out how to effectively incorporate it into their lives, the space will eventually mature to become as commonplace as a Facebook status update or a Yelp review.

Now get checkin’ in!

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