Local Facebook users unite via The Grid
The GRID, which is South Africa's first location-based social networking service for cellphones, has now been turned into an application for Facebook. The system makes use of network-positioning systems to map a user’s approximate position, based on the location of their cellphone.
The application adds a whole new level of location-based functionality for Facebook users. “Users can indicate their position, view virtual notes posted in an area, get directions from point A to B, and use The GRID to set up their own events which includes SMS directions and a map to their friends.”
After installing The GRID application, it displays the user’s current location on his or her Facebook profile and so allows them to share their whereabouts with friends on a map.
Dot Field, Chief Communications Officer of the Vodacom Group says: “The functionality that we’ve introduced to Facebook with this application is not only very handy but a lot of fun too. With its location-based technology, The GRID application highlights what is happening in your area on a social level, by displaying information being shared between friends and other users specific to that location.”
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