Michael Gannotti on SharePoint +

If you are a regular reader of my blog then you know I am a big fan of mobile social media. One of the areas I see a lot of potential in, and synergy with Enterprise installments of SharePoint, is in the area of geocasting. The ability to gather real-time data, audio, and video then mash it all up and serve it live and on-demand via SharePoint can be quite powerful. Now while I may not have a true social media capable phone yet a Microsoft partner application has still made possible the ability to get started with some interesting exploration of Geocasting. IncaX produces software for the client as well as servers that allows a user to capture a real time tracking of their physical location, coupled with data fed from their mobile device, along with audio/video, and then mashes it all up via a Silverlight front end using Virtual Earth that can be readily plugged in to SharePoint. The scenarios for such use around emergency responders, freight transportation, physical plant inspection, tourism, etc. are endless, especially when coupled with SharePoint’s ability to capture and render additional ancillary data and digital assets (like pics, Photosynth mashups, etc.).

Well yesterday during my travels to and from Charlotte I turned on the IncaX application on my Samsung i760 and started broadcasting (you can actually watch the captured ones from 3-23-09 by clicking here). When I did so IncaX guru, Philip Bishop, noticed I was live and then really kicked up the whole mobile social media gig a notch. He used his Samsun i900 phone to record him watching me live on his HTC Touch Diamond. Additionally for some PC screen capture he did some desktop viewing via IE8 and then used Windows Movie Maker to edit it all and spit out a very cool little video that you can watch below.

Check it out and then do yourself a favor and head over to IncaX and see how you can start Geocasting today. Thanks Phil!

Geocasting Video

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