If you make the data useful beyond geeks (srsly, Mom and Pop aren't going to import CSV in a spreadsheet and start data mining), this could be really cool.
For example, you can get the locations from 4sq or gmaps, or allow the user to check in (but locally, without sending the data anywhere). Then, measure how much time is spent on each location and in transit between them (might want to make more samples for that to work), and give me a daily/weekly/mothly overview. Eg: "30 hours spent in office, 8 in transit, 20 in coffee shops, 5 in shopping". Something like RescueTime for location.
That would be interesting, thanks! I'll consider your suggestion, but for this product, my target is geeks / quantified self people, not the average user.
Also, do you plan on adding something like a "confidence radius" for the output? Are there cases where the GPS was not able to return an accurate lock and was only able to give a vague estimate?
By the way, very cool app. Looking forward to messing with it. :)
If you make the data useful beyond geeks (srsly, Mom and Pop aren't going to import CSV in a spreadsheet and start data mining), this could be really cool.
For example, you can get the locations from 4sq or gmaps, or allow the user to check in (but locally, without sending the data anywhere). Then, measure how much time is spent on each location and in transit between them (might want to make more samples for that to work), and give me a daily/weekly/mothly overview. Eg: "30 hours spent in office, 8 in transit, 20 in coffee shops, 5 in shopping". Something like RescueTime for location.