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Touch the Future of the Geo Web with Weather Underground

As I write this item there's a severe thunderstorm warning here in the NYC area. So, naturally, I pulled up the weather on my iPhone. In the process I discovered that Weather Underground has an amazing mobile radar site called the Wundermap that gives you a taste of what the web will look like soon everywhere - geo-sensing and touch interactive.

Simply hit this page in any geo-capable browser. I tested it in Firefox 3.5 on the desktop and mobile Safari on an iPhone. It should not only auto-detect your location, but also allow you to zoom in or out either via mutli-touch gestures (on an Macbook or iPhone) or simply by using your mouse wheel.

Amazing stuff considering this is not an app or Flash-based, but simply a web page. Sure Google Maps does some of this but I found the combo impressive.

     
Click here to download:
Touch_the_Future_of_the_Geo_We.zip (962 KB)

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Steve Rubel (bio) is SVP, Director of Insights for Edelman Digital, a division of Edelman - the world's largest independent PR firm.

He is charged with helping clients identify emerging technologies and trends that can be applied in marketing communications programs. He also explores these topics on his lifestream site, a monthly Forbes.com column and in a bi-weekly AdAge column.

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