Category Archives: Map apps
What is the Best Home Security for 2020?
House burglaries, theft of, and from cars in people’s driveways, porch pirates are all things we have to deal with today and of course even more so leading up to the Christmas Holidays. What I really want to share with … Continue reading →
Posted in Bike thieves, Black Friday, Bluetooth, burglary, car insurance, Car Navigation, car security, Car theft, Crime, crime map, Crime Prevention, cybercrime, drug shopping, drugs, Facebook, Foresight, Gadgets, Hacker, HAcking cars, holiday traffic, Home automation, insurance risk, Internet of Things, Internet Privacy, kids wearable tech, location based apps, Location Based Consultant, Location Based Education, long weekend, Luggage tracking, Map apps, mobile holiday apps, mobile safety, neighborhood crime, Neighbourhood Crime, News, Personal security, Police, road trip, security, Sensors, SmartPhone, Social Media, Social Media Insight, Society, stolen, Stolen cars, theft, track crime, Track phone, Track Smartwatch., Track Thieves, Tracking criminals, Travel Apps
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Tagged Best Home Security, Best home security 2020, BTLE, burglary, Christmas Holiday, Cloud security, consumer electronics, Crime, cybersecurity, drug addict, house burglary, keeping up with the jones, meth, meth head, Micro SD Card, porch pirates, security camera, security tips, Selfies, stealing to order, theft to order
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Short Videos About GPS, Apps, Maps and More: Location Based Shorts. The Eyes Have It.
Location Based Shorts is a new series where I am embarking on a new series of sub 3 minute VLOGS (Video Blogs) about things that interest me and if you follow me, probably will interest you. I comment on things … Continue reading →
Posted in #TheGPSMadeMeDoIt, Accurate Map Tracking, Autonomous cars, Bank Robbery, Best GPS, Best Practice GPS, Bluetooth, Car Navigation, Car Parking, Car Robot, car safety, Car Technology, car tracker, carpark information, carparking, cars, Catch Crooks with GPS, commuting, Concept Car, congestion, connected cars, disruptive model, Driverless car, Driverless Cars, driverless vehicles, drivers, driving, driving app, Future, future car, Future Technology, Futurist, Gadgets, Government, GPS, GPS Car Nav, GPS features, GPS MAde Me Do IT, GPS Maps, GPS Nav, GPS Navigation, GPS Police Tracker, GPS Problems, GPS Track People, GPS Tracker, GPS Tracking, Hacker, Hackers, Hacking, HAcking cars, Indoor Navigation, Innovation, Intelligent Transport Systems, Internet of Things, Internet Privacy, IoT, law enforcement, location based apps, Location Based Consultant, Location Based Education, Location Based Servces, Location Based Shorts, Luggage tracking, Map apps, mapping buildings, Maps, mobile travel apps, Motoring, nav apps, new cars, parking, parking apps, Police, Privacy, real time traffic, Road Tolling, Road Tolls, road trip, robots, RUC, safer driving, safer journeys, Safety app, Smart Car, Smart City, SmartPhone, Smartphones, Social Media, spy, stolen, Stolen cars, the future, top apps, Track Thieves, Tracking Apps, traffic, traffic congestion, Traffic Control, traffic demand, traffic design, Traffic Information, Traffic jam, Traffic Management, Traffic Optimization, Transport, travel demand management, Travel Information, V2V
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Crime Map Helps Community to Alert Each Other and Reduce Crime
KEPR Action News reports that businesses in Richland Washington appreciate Police having developed a crime map for the city. This app stores crimes and the location they were alleged to have taken place for up to 180 days. Retailers and … Continue reading →
Posted in Accurate Map Tracking, Apps, burglary, Buying a Home Research, Crime, crime map, Crime Prevention, Map apps, neighborhood crime, Neighbourhood Crime, Police
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Tagged burglary, Community, Crime, crime map, Map app, Police app, reduce crime, Richland
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You’ve Got To Stop Those Hacking Waze, Baby
I was told about a great new route to commute to work by a colleague and it was really good for a while. The 14km trip took about an hour by motorway and not much quicker taking the main arterial … Continue reading →
Posted in #TheGPSMadeMeDoIt, accidents, Accurate Map Tracking, aggressive driving, Apps, Best GPS, Best Practice GPS, car hacking, Car Nav Caused Crash, Car Navigation, cars, cheap gps, cheating GPS, Communications, commuting, congestion, crowd sourced data, distracted driving, driver behavior, driving, driving app, earthquake, emergency, Flood, Foresight, freeway, Google maps, Google Mobile App, GPS, GPS Accuracy, GPS Car Nav, GPS Excuses, GPS MAde Me Do IT, GPS Maps, GPS Nav, GPS Navigation, GPS Problems, Hacker, Hackers, Hacking, Hacks, HERE, Intelligent Transport Systems, location based apps, Location Based Consultant, Map apps, Map data, Mobile Apps, Mobile Maps, mobile travel apps, Motoring, motorway, nav accident, nav apps, Nav Maps, Navigation Maps, Navman, road trip, RTTI, safer driving, safer journeys, Smart City, Technology, TomTom, traffic, traffic congestion, Traffic Control, traffic demand, traffic design, Traffic Information, Traffic jam, Traffic Management, Traffic Optimization, Transport, Travel, Travel Apps, travel demand management, Travel Information, tsunami, Unusual Traffic, Urban design
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Tagged #TheGPSMadeMeDoIt, alternate route, best car navigation, car navigation, detour, emergency plan, evacuation plan, fake road closure, family emergency plan, Flood, funny GPS story, Garmin, GPS, HERE, jump on the lake, rat run, rat runner, rat running, real time traffic information, road closure, RTTI, TomTom, Waze, WAZE hack
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House Hunting in Auckland with the Barfoot and Thompson Real Estate App
It’s been 5 years since I last looked at the Barfoot & Thompson Real Estate App. I did a brief review of it back in 2013. That version was a finalist in the Designers Institute Best Designers Award and they … Continue reading →
Posted in Auckland, Australia, Australia Real Estate, burglary, Buying a Home Research, Buying a House, Buying a House Mistakes, Canada, Canada Real Estate, census, climate change, commuting, Crime, Crime Prevention, Family, First Home Buyer, Flood, Future Technology, Futurist, Gadgets, good books, Google, Google Glasses, Google maps, Google Mobile App, Google Satellite View, Google Street View, home, Innovation, Internet Privacy, Lifestyle, Location Based Services, Map apps, mapping buildings, Maps, Market Research, Mobile Apps, mobile friendly, New Zealand, New Zealand Maps, New Zealand Real Estate, People, property, Public Transport, Selling a House, SmartPhone, Smartphones, Technology, telecommunications, theft, top apps, track crime, traffic congestion, Traffic Information, UK, United Kingdom, USA
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Tagged 3D, 3d house view, bad real estate agent, Barfoot & Thompson, Buying a home, Buying a house, Buying a House in Australia, Buying a House in Canada, Buying a House in New Zealand, Buying a house in the UK, buying property, buying real estate, cheap virtual reality headset, cheap VR headset, finding the right home, FREE eBOOK, how to look for houses, LIM report, Luigi Cappel, Mistakes Buying a House, property title, Real Estate, real estate agent, Real Estate App, real estate apps, real estate eBook, real estate listings, realtor, Rental appraisal, Viewmaster, virtual house view, Virtual Reality, virtual reality headset, VR, VR headset
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On Neighbors, Earthquakes and Terrorism
Yesterday I read an article called What to do in a Terrorist Attack in your Neighborhood on a website called RealEstateAgent.com. I thought why would this be relevant to me? I live in a country where the only terrorism attack … Continue reading →
Posted in Apps, Auckland, Australia Real Estate, burglary, Buying a Home Research, Buying a House, Canada Real Estate, climate change, Crime, Crime Prevention, earthquake, Education, emergency, First Home Buyer, home, house hunting, Lifestyle, location based apps, Location Based Consultant, Location Based Education, Location Based Services, Map apps, neighborhood crime, Neighbors, Neighbourhood Crime, Neighbours, New Zealand, New Zealand Real Estate, News, People, property, Real Estate, real estate agent, safety, Safety app, Society, taxi industry, taxis, terrorism, tsunami, UK Real Estate, United Kingdom, US Real Estate, USA
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Tagged be prepared for an emergency, blogging, Buying a home, Buying a house, buying property, Christchurch, Christchurch Earthquakes, Climate Change, Crime, crime map, Earthquake, fences between neighbors, Float Culture, Flood, gang violence, get to know neighbors, healing, neighborhood crime, Neighbors, Neighbourhood, Neighbours, pain management, Rainbow Warrior Attack, Rainbow Warrior Sinking, safe home, sensory deprivation, storm risk, storms, street violence, stress, talk to neighbors, taxi driver, Terrorism, Terrorist attack
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STOP. Before You Buy That Business, Talk to the Neighbors
I’ve just finished the draft of an eBook called ‘5 Top Mistakes People Make When They Are Buying a House’ and it struck me that there are many similarities when buying or locating a business. In this case I want … Continue reading →
Posted in Auckland, Business, Business Consultant, Buying a Business, Buying a House, carpark information, carparking, Collaboration, Customer Research, Education, First Home Buyer, Foresight, good books, Google maps, Google Street View, grocery, Lifestyle, Location Based Consultant, Location Based Education, Map apps, Map data, Maps, Market Research, Marketing, parking, People, property, Real Estate, real estate agent, Restaurant, Retail, retail survival, SoLoMo, The Location Guru
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Tagged 5 top mistakes people make when they are buying a house, advice on buying a business, business location, Buying a Business, Buying a house, buying a shop, buying property, buying real estate, car-parking, Collaboration, commericial property, foot traffic, FREE eBOOK, Google Street View, gossip, Hospitality, leasing a building, Location, mistakes, mistakes buying a business, Mistakes Buying a House, Neighbors, Neighbours, Questions about buying a business, rental investment, rental property, Retail, talk to neighbors, talk to neighbours
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First Home Buyers can save a lot of time and grief with Google Street View
A few years ago I was looking for low cost houses that I could invest in as rental properties and I found one that sounded great, going by the story the Real Estate Agent told in their book of current … Continue reading →
Posted in Buying a Home Research, Buying a House, Buying a House Mistakes, Cool Tech, First Home Buyer, Google, Google maps, Google Satellite View, Google Street View, home, location based apps, Location Based Consultant, Location Based Services, Map apps, Map data, Maps, Market Research, Mistakes Buying a House, Mobile Maps, Neighbors, Neighbours, Real Estate, real estate agent, road trip, Selling a House, SoLoMo
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Tagged Buying a home, first home, First Home Buyer, Google Maps, Google Satellite View, Google Street View, home buying mistake, home hunting, house hunting, how to buy a house, Real Estate, real estate agent, real estate listings, Satellite view, Street View
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Buying your First Home and Commuting To Work, 400 Times a Year!
Research Before You Buy You’d think it was easy right? You have your deposit, you buy your house, you go to work and you pay the mortgage, just like when you were paying rent. No big deal. But there are other … Continue reading →
Posted in Buying a Home Research, Buying a House, Buying a House Mistakes, cars, commuting, congestion, drivers, Facebook, First Home Buyer, Foresight, Google maps, Hospitality, insurance, insurance risk, Location Based Servces, Map apps, Map data, Maps, Market Research, Money, motorway, Navigation Maps, parking, People, Public Transport, rail, Real Estate, real estate agent, real time traffic, Society, traffic, traffic congestion, traffic demand, Traffic Information, Traffic jam, Traffic Management, trains, Transport, Travel, Travel Information, Unusual Traffic, Urban design
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Tagged Buying a house, catching the bus, commute time, Commuting, emotional buying, Facebook Community Group, facebook group, family time, first home, first home buying, getting to work, Google Journey Planner, house features, house hunting, how to buy a house, how to research buying a house, interest rate, Location, mortgage, Public transport, real estate agent, rent or buy?, rent versus own, research a house, where to buy, Where to Live
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Social Location-Based Chatter is a Goldmine
I was listening to the latest Convince and Convert podcast with Carlos Garcia from HYP3R this morning, which resonated with my passion for loyalty and location based services. This is one of my current favorite podcasts and always has some gems. … Continue reading →
Posted in Business Consultant, Communications, Customer Research, Customers, Foursquare, Hospitality, Hotel, Hotel Apps, Location Based Services, Map apps, New retail ideas, Proximity Based Marketing, Restaurant, Retail, retail apps, Social Media, Social Media Insight, Social Media Marketing, Twitter, Word of Mouth
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Tagged amplify social meda, Auckand Airport, Brandwatch, Carlos Garcia, Convince and Convert, digital media listening tools, Foursquare, Foursquare ambassador, Hootsuite, HYP3R, Jay Baer, loyalty programs, radius search for social media, social medi monitoring, social media listening tools, social media loyalty, social media sentiment, Twitter sentiment
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