Yahoo! Fire Eagle for Movable Type
I've been interested in geo-location stuff for a long time now. Even back in 2003, when we launched TypePad, we built in support for parsing photo EXIF data to look for latitude and longitude embedded by a camera or mobile phone. Of course, at the time, only a couple of phone models in Japan, as well as (apparently) high-end digital cameras, could record GPS data on photos taken by the device.
A couple of years later, I bought a GPS device, connected it over Bluetooth to my mobile phone, and wrote some server software to track my location; I also wrote Python client software for my phone (hooray for Python for s60!) to take a photo, collect my current location, and send the whole mess up to my TypePad moblog.
There were a number of problems with every setup I've ever tried, though, ranging from the setup being too clunky (I quickly tired of carrying around a GPS device) to not wanting to share my location in detail with the entire world. Most importantly, though, was that there just wasn't much I could do with the data, once I had it: I could map it, but it wasn't hooked in to my online identity in any useful way.
So I was really excited last week to see the launch of Yahoo!'s Fire Eagle service, which is simple, privacy-aware, and most importantly, is now hooked in to Movable Type, using the new Fire Eagle plugin for MT. This makes my MT profile location-aware: I can add a map of my current location; changes to my location are added to my Action Stream; and other MT plugins can build off of the location to provide additional location-sensitive features. You can see it in action -- combined with the Action Stream plugin -- on David's site.
Another interesting aspect of the Fire Eagle API is that it uses the new OAuth standard for all API requests. We've written about OAuth in the past and are really excited to see Yahoo! supporting it. To help do our part in the adoption of this open standard, we'll be shipping the Perl OAuth library with the next release of Movable Type so that no plugin developer needs to worry if they'll be able to develop atop OAuth with MT.
If you need a Fire Eagle invite, leave a comment and we'll email you one.
63 Comments
Very cool. I can't wait to try it out.
I would like to check out Fire Eagle. Could you please send me an invite? Thanks.
--df
I want an invite!
Looks interesting. I'm down.
Looks interesting -- please send an invite. Thanks!
Sounds interesting! Please send me a Fire Eagle invitation.
thanks
It would be interesting to see Action Stream items grouped by location...
I agree that adding filtering to Action Streams by type would be pretty cool. Would be pretty cool to do client side.
Really exciting work guys, would love to test drive here in the UK if you could see your way to an invite.
please send an invite. Thank You
I would love to try this out, if you could send me an invite! Thanks in advance...
Great work on integrating so quickly!
I would love an Invite to FireEagle to start broadcasting my location as I will be on the move this week.
Plus OAuth Rocks!
Thanks!
please invite... please :)
This looks great - I'd love to give it a try.
Thanks for the invites!
Hey - I'm really into the location-aware possibilities of the web too. Sounds really interesting what you're doing with Movable Type.
If you have any more invite for Fire Eagle, I'm eager to see what it's all about...
Cheers!
An invite would be great. And excellent move on OAuth
Hey Ben -
Looks cool, and though I've signed up for an invite at FireEagle, I too am left wanting, so if you have an invite to spare, I could sure use one!
I'd love to get an invite to Fire Eagle if at all possible! Thanks in advance.
Hi Ben, I would like to test Fire Eagle. Could you please send me an invite? Thanks in advance.
This seems like it would be a nice addition to the GeoPress/MT plugin (svn). So you could "write a post *here*" instead of entering a location or selecting from the map.
Very interesting plugin - I would also love an invite - thanks!
an invite would be very nice, thanks !
Could you please send me an invite? Thanks.
I've read about that on the DiSo group and I'd love to test it here in France if you've got a Fire Eagle invit for me.
Location is becoming sexy again - Fireeagle is a good start from Yahoo! and I wonder how long until Google offers a location API to leverage their excellent My Location product.
One other thing worth considering in the LBS debate is the concept of zone detection for location.
See my post on this at
http://blog.andrewgrill.com/blog/_archives/2008/2/19/3532314.html
and I hope this has earned me a fireeagle invite!
Andrew Grill
London
blog.andrewgrill.com
I'm also excited about FireEagle. Could you please send me an invite?
Thanks.
Andrew, completely agreed! Seeing this integrated with the GeoPress plugin would be great.
I would like to check out FireEagle. could I maybe get an invite?
Could I have an invite, please?
Can I have an invite? WAY COOL.
Thanks! I'd like an invite!
Id love a fire eagle invite! Please?
Any invites left ? :)
I'd love an invite if you are still giving them out.
I would love an invite for FireEagle!
Can I please get an invite?
Thanks!
I have been following the FE Yahoo Group since the TechCrunch post about FE. I can't wait to try out the service with a new app I have been working on.
If there are any invites left, I would welcome the chance to try out FE.
Thanks.
Please send me an invite . . .
Hi
Can u send an invite please...
Thanks
Hi I would like to have an invite for FE.
Thank you
I would like an invite if there are any left.
Thanks
Could you please send me an invite? Thanks!
May I please have an invite?
I'd love an invite as well if there is still one available.
Kind regards,
David
Any invites to FIreEagle left? I’d love to check it out. Thanks.
Hi,
I know its sort of late - but could you send me invitation to FireEagle as well? I'd love to check it out!
Thanks!
If there are any invites left, I'd love to take a look at FE!
thx, Chris
I'm a little late to the party, but would very much appreciate an invite if there are any more to be had. Many thanks in advance.
Thanks for keeping us posted on the latest, especially with fire eagle. If you have invites left, would love to get one and spread the word about it.
I'd love an invite to Fire Eagle
Hey,
I really hope you have some invites left, as I really love to get one.
Thanks in advance and keep up the good work.
Hi,
Little late too, but also looking for an invite if pos. Any left?
Cheers,
kai
I'd appreciate a FireEagle invite. You can send it to sixapart.ahp@xoxy.net
I'd really appreciate a FireEagle invite jensen5979@hotmail.com...thanks
If you have FireEagle invites left I would love to begin integrating more location aware features into my MT blog. I'm very curious to see if I can get it cooperating with my iPhone in any meaningful way.
hey, if there are any invites left, would you do me a favor and send me one? i too am trying to get some accurate location data for an iPhone/iTouch and i want to see if i can get more accurate than CoreLocation as a provider.
This was posted nearly a month ago, but by chance, do you still have any of those Fireeagle invites lying around? If not, that's what I get for not reading my subscriptions often enough. I miss out on these offers.
If you have an extra invite, I would really like one (to try our with the Mologogo client).
Looking fwd to using this service!!
Please forward an invitation my way, thanks.
Hi. i'm advanced Flash/Flex developer. and very interested in checking this service and make something with it API. Are you still have some invites left? Or maybe know where i can get one?
Thanx.
I'd really appreciate a FireEagle invite fenixcsmar@gmail.com...thanks
i have been trying to find an invite for awhile now. i really would like to try out fire eagle. if you have an invite could you send one my way? many thanks in advance!