Citysense is a program available for Blackberry devices (and soon to be the iPhone) which gives a visual representation of how busy the San Francisco night life is.
Citysense works by using Sense Networks Macrosense platform. The platform takes a ton of realtime location data (anonymously) and then displays this data on screen on a real time map. You will know exactly what spots are busy in town and at what time they get the busiest. This first version is just a test release (for San Francisco), but the final release will include even more personalised information about what kind of people are going out that are similar to you and where they are going. Citysense achieves this by tracking where everyone is right now and by comparing profiles it can highlight the areas where you would be most comfortable.
A number of people wont want to share personal detail, and if this is you then you can quickly remove your details from their servers with the push of a button. But, should you find yourself in an unfamiliar city then this software could prove valuable for a night out meeting new friends and similar friends.
Privacy
We are serious about privacy and data ownership. Citysense already contains billions of location data points, which it uses to identify nightlife hotspots. When someone opens Citysense, the program references their current location to better understand the city’s nightlife – with total anonymity. We never share your location, ever. We don’t collect email addresses or phone numbers. We don’t use passwords. In fact, we have a revolutionary new data ownership policy wherein people actually own any information they create. Citysense is opt-in, all the time. Anything Citysense collects, users can delete. You’ll find the delete button easily accessible whenever you open the program. To read more, see our Principles.
Citysense is an interesting app which could be handy to see “what’s happening” right at any given point.
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If all this does is track locations where people are, you’d have to zoom way in to find collected spots of people. Also, you’d have to hope that it isn’t just a bunch of people in a hotel sleeping. I don’t see how this will really show “night life” as opposed simply to locations of people who use the system.
This is real cool for friday evening.