If that’s not enough, it’s also available on mobile phones via the mobile version of Facebook, can be added to an iGoogle homepage as a gadget and has a toolbar that allows people to easily capture places from anywhere n the web.

In fact ‘Top Places’ does a lot, perhaps a little too much at first glance. So I guess we are all waiting to see what Peter’s take on it is….

My opinion is that the only way for spatial networking to really operate is to be able to see where your peers are throughout the day. That way , the service would have to be linked either through cellphone based GPS, or LBS based requests (using the cell network). Operators obviously charge for the LBS services, so there would need to be some sort of commercial incentive. I would assume Peter’s service is somehow related to that.

As a matter of interest, our leading cellular provider Vodacom is currently trialing a cellphone based social networking (through a value add service provider) using cellular based LBS as the backend (called The Grid). The idea is that you will be able to see when your friends are in your vicinity. Again this is a great concept that the youth may engage with. The only problem with this is that the student population may be relucant to have to pay for all the LBS requests through the provider. let me be proven wrong!