YamdaBlam!

Further to my previous post about augmented reality and Layar, I have developed a small Layar for the Donabate and Portrane area. It basically will list all the business and tourist spots in the area. Pending approval I will be putting the remaining number of businesses and highlights of the area on to the layar with a view to having a Google map submission tool on a subpage of yamdablam.com in the very near future. So for those residents of the peninsula who have a GPS enabled smart phone, you’ll be able to view Donabate and Portrane area like never before.

So, fingers crossed the good people of Layar in Amsterdam approve the new layar for the area!

I’m very excited for a number of reasons.

I recently got myself a shiny iPhone 4 and since I upgraded from the 3G I have a whole host of new features to play with. The one that got my attention most was the possibility of using some of its great GPS and navigational functionality. Enter, Layar, the augemented reality browser, downloaded from the Apple App Store.

To put it simply, I was blown away by this application. My mind was racing with ideas and to be frank, any excuse to get a layer of my own onto this service. The first thing that I noticed that there was a startling lack of augmented reality layars for my local area. The layers that do exist for Dublin are great for example, the daft.ie property search layer, but none the less they are few and far between.

After reviewing the API documentation and putting together a test layer, I developed a layer for Donabate & Portrane and submitted this for publication on the Layar platform. I hope to hear back from them within 5 working days. (Watch this space) In the meantime, I will be continuing to add places of interest (POI’s) to the DonabatePortrane layer in the coming days and weeks. Dump a comment and let me know if you want any thing in particular on the layer and I’ll be happy to accommodate!

I am 100% sure  I will be posting about this in the very near future – and you never know, I might even be helping you get a layer in place for your business or area!