Location Aware Restaurant Search from your Browser!
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008Location aware services are the wave of the future. Built-in GPS chipsets & cell tower triangulation technologies have made Location Based Services (LBS) possible on smart-phones. But, don’t underestimate your browser on your WiFi enabled laptop! With technologies like Skyhook’s Loki and Mozilla Geode, you can inject location awareness into your everyday browser.
Today’s Techcrunch article reminded me that I hadn’t finished coding up a tiny Javascript bookmarklet that I had thought of a few months ago. So, here it is: Your very own browser based location aware Restaurant Finder:
- Install Loki browser plugin from their website
- Drag this link to your browser’s bookmarks toolbar: Find Restaurants Nearby
- Restart your browser & then simply click the new bookmark you created
This should come in really handy for the business traveler arriving at a new hotel late at night who needs to find a place to eat, or when you’re looking for a nearby good place to eat after a convention or conference.