NSF Grant Awarded for Location-Based Social Networking Application
Written by The Carbon Projec
Monday, 07 July 2008
BURLINGTON, MA, July 7, 2008 - The Carbon Project announced today that the
National Science Foundation has awarded the company a second grant to
continue developing the Geosocial Networking application Echo myPlace.
"Based on Microsoft's new Internet media platform Silverlight 2, Echo's
geosocial interactivity stands to redefine 'data-sharing' - from video news
to event promotions to micro-targeted advertising for businesses," said Jeff
Harrison, President and CEO of The Carbon Project.
Echo myPlace is a people-to-people, Web-based social application that uses
the new Microsoft Silverlight 2 framework and the latest 2D mapping and 3D
visualization technology from Microsoft Virtual Earth. Echo myPlace creates
a gateway that brings together professionally produced video content,
user-generated local news, advertising, commerce and consumers and ties them
directly to locations around the globe.
A beta version of Echo myPlace will be available mid 2008. For more
information on Echo myPlace beta contact
This work is being support by the National Science Foundation Small Business
Innovation Research (SBIR) Program.
About The Carbon Project
The Carbon Project is an innovative, high-energy software and technology
company specializing in mapping and Geosocial Networking. The Carbon Project
is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner serving professionals, software
developers, government agencies and businesses that develop mapping
solutions or use geospatial data. The Carbon Project also provides
geographically enabled solutions for sharing digital news, video content,
geographically targeted marketing and intelligence analysis based on
Microsoft Virtual Earth. Headquartered in Burlington, MA with offices in
Alexandria, VA, The Carbon Project is a privately owned company backed by
individual investors. For more information please visit:
www.TheCarbonProject.com.
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