Fire Eagle (*screeeeech*)

Check out Yahoo's new Fire Eagle, which I heard about through this Google Earth Blog post, which a friend shared me*. News travels so far to reach you...

The short story is that Fire Eagle helps pair your location (through GPS, etc) with services and applications that can use that data.

Do you have a friend who uses Brightkite, for example? They can now take that Brightkite info to other areas of the web. And as the Google Earth Blog post mentions, there are tons of mobile implications here.

Looking forward to digging into the site, though I admit I don't use GPS much. Fire Eagle is a good incentive to be more proactive in that arena. (Also a reason to get an iPhone or something.)




*Why did I include the path? People at work ask me where I find this stuff, and I just think it's interesting to point out all the different funnels that information has to pass through to reach me (and then you).