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by bergie
4817 days ago
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That is sort of what Google's Niantic Labs is doing with Field Trip, though with more a discovering cool places angle than finding local businesses: http://www.fieldtripper.com/ Field Trip uses data from bunch of different sources, but also utilizes Ingress players as sort of "location scouts". Or at least that is what it looks like, with the focus on gathering new portals at points of interest. |
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Yeah.
I played Ingress pretty heavily from launch till the beginning of this year.
As best I can tell, it's just what you describe with players serving to scout and submit new points of interest and check/refine the accuracy of existing submissions. I expect they're also gathering a wealth of location fine location data that could be applied to walking directions and public accessibility.
One of the more interesting possibilities I see for Ingress data is insight how information moves in social networks and how far a person will travel out of their way for a "reward".
I can see the collection and distribution of redeemable codes at Ingress cross-promotion locations being useful insight into a refined take on daily deals.