Satellite navigation boosts social networking


www.bliin.com
 
bliin is a mobile and online social network that enables users to share location-based content. For more information, visit www.bliin.com

bliin online Amsterdam
 
The website www.bliin.com shows all the members which have allowed to be seen live, on a geographical map, based on location from satellite navigation positioning data. Uploaded photos, videos, audios and text are easy available through icon and bliin members can add comments. The same information and functionality are available on mobile phones.

bliin in operation
 
Stef Kolman and Selene Kolman
 
Stef Kolman and Selene Kolman, the two founders of 'bliin YourLife'

bliin track route
 
The bliin system tracks members, who authorize to be tracked, through their mobile phone using satellite navigation positioning data, and their route can been seen by other members on a computer linked to www.bliin.com and on a mobile phone with bliin software installed, and in real-time.

The plan for growth
 
Selene Kolman presenting bliin
 
Selene Kolman, co-founders of 'bliin YourLife', presents the bliin system at the Galileo Masters 2007 European Satellite Navigation Competition award ceremony; the bliin system won the regional prize for South Holland in the competition. bliin is a satellite navigation data enhanced mobile and online social network which enables its users to track, locate and follow friends and colleagues on a map in real-time. The system also supports uploading and sharing of geo-tagged information, such as photos, videos, audio and text.


 
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  • ESTEC, the European Space Research and Technology Centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands
  • ESOC, the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany
  • ESRIN, the European Centre for Earth Observation in Frascati, Italy.




Release date: 27 February 2008