Grasshoppermind

Location based information is being swiftly taken up by the early adopters. Bloggers and Flickr users have been geotagging their posts and pictures at a rapid rate. There are a wide variety of projects and hacks that are offering some great combinations of text, map and graphical information. Some of these will undoubtedly attract VC attention and you can guarantee the existing search players will not be asleep at the wheel.

Very soon you can expect to see advanced search facilities allowing you to narrow your search to within specific geographical locations, and to output the results to map or Earth based systems. Later you will see map based interfaces to search engines.

One of the most interesting resources I have found so far on this subject is the Blog by Rev Dan Catt. The conference proceedings of Where 2.0 are definitely worth taking a look at as well. (although you will need a LOT of time to make it through all the articles!)