Everything imaginable from local search to gaming, house hunting to networking with friends or travel buddies, and fleet tracking to city planning - all of these can be enhanced by the ability to show maps and location information and content. The “Where” has become a vital component of Web 2.0’s new frontier. In this session Lecole Cole explores how the “Where” began and what it can do to help create the next generation of Web 2.0, as well as the growth of location-enabled applications in today’s mashup world. Guest speakers from MapQuest, deCarta and TiraBitz also share their stories.

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Lecole Cole, engineering lead for the wireless, Internet and telecom markets at Tele Atlas, manages customer and partner needs, ensuring delivery from consultation to concept development and deployment.

Ashfaq Munshi is the CEO of Level5 Networks. With 20 years of entrepreneurship, engineering, marketing, and management experience, Ashfaq has founded Radiance, Vivecon, SpecialtyMD, and Commerce Engine (became Ariba). 

Steve Citron-Pousty is the technology evangelist for deCarta. He has been engaged in spatial technology for over 15 years and developed applications for over seven. 

Josh Babetski is the technical evangelist and developer engagement lead at MapQuest. He has been with MapQuest since 2004 and has 9 years of experience in Web development and Web marketing.

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March 18-20, 2008, New York City
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• iPhone Developer Summit
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• A First Look at Microsoft Astoria Webcast Live on SYS-CON.TV
• AJAX Mapping for the iPhone and Blackberry
• AJAX, PageFlakes and the Virtual Earth Interactive SDK
• Why AJAX and Enterprise Mashups?
• AJAX Solutions for the iPhone Webcast Live on SYS-CON.TV
• Web 2.0 Services and SOA at AJAXWorld
• A Silverlight Popfly Mashup Demo Live on SYS-CON.TV