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Metosphere Software – 3D view

Metosphere is a phone browser to view virtual objects and information around your location. Google Maps mashup portion is at metosphere.com, and the Google Android portion is located at metosphere.com/android-app.html.

Explore and create virtual objects around your physical location like messages, emergency alerts, news, events, reviews, games. View geospatial data from Wikipedia, Eventful, and Upcoming. Start a GeoBlog on your GPS-enabled phone. The goal of this project is to follow the Firefox/Eclipse model and provide the ability to create extensions and add-ons like a Geocaching Assistant, Location Messaging Client, Proximity-based RSS Reader, Flash Mob Communicator, Community/Campus Emergency Alert Notifier, or even a Meatspace MUD game.

Metosphere has several uses. Like any app that takes advantage of Fire Eagle, it can update your location using your GPS or a WiFi hotspot. It also shows you nearby events on Eventful and Upcoming, and nearby Wikipedia pages. There’s a map that shows you all of this, plus meetups, emergency alerts, and the best part: messages and geocaches you can create directly from Metosphere. There’s no signup required, just use your existing Yahoo! ID.

Geocaching is going to be a big deal very soon, and Metosphere is a great way to play with it on a platform you already know how to use. Show it to your friends and leave each other messages at your favorite hangouts, or start a city-wide scavenger hunt. We’ll keep covering new Fire Eagle tools as they advance — that monthly renewal email is a good reminder to see what developers have been working on.

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