Does Your GPS Tweet?

Posted by Dave Zatz on June, 17 in Dash Express, Developer

As the title asks, does your GPS tweet? If you’ve got a Dash Express, it sure does!

We opened our API just a few short weeks ago and the response has been amazing - with a couple dozen applications already built. Mike Tuckman and Michael Muni have been leading the Dash customer application development charge and even launched DashApps.net to spotlight the work of our community.

We’ve got speed traps, we’ve got weather, we’ve got radio info… But my favorite Dash App has to be Twitter. Maybe it’s not the most practical and I wouldn’t suggest firing it up while your car is in motion, but what other automotive GPS will alert your friends as to your location (perhaps, when you’re running late) and pull down their status updates? The customizable app can selectively tweet any combination of a personal message and your address, street, city, state, latitude, longitude, plus links to Yahoo! or Google maps. Additionally, the 20 most recent tweets of those you follow can be pulled down to the GPS.

This the flexibility of an open API and this the power of a two-way device. If you’ve got a clever application in mind for our platform, drop us a line at developer@dash.net .

18 Responses to “Does Your GPS Tweet?”

  1. Laura "Pistachio" Fitton Says:

    Crave. Crave. Craaaaaaaaaaave. Oh my god, I WANT.

  2. Teeg Says:

    Oh wow, that is neat! I agree with Pistachio. Crave. Crave.

  3. leslie poston Says:

    I would love to review this for profy. Do you have test units?

  4. Debra Says:

    I triple that emotion! Crave…

  5. Robert B. Morshe Says:

    I want one too.

  6. RandomRage Says:

    Dave? That you, Dave?

  7. Ryan "futileboy" Lane Says:

    my dash should arrive this week as a twitter addict and a developer, I’m very excited. Looking forward to brightkite integration as well.

  8. Dash Express no lava ni a mano ni a máquina, pero te mantiene localizable | Teléfonos móviles, adsl, gadgets y juegos. Says:

    [...] y que nadie venga a tomar un donut caliente puede ser bastante deprimente. — Rafa M. Claudín [Dash] Relacionados:’Red Steel Sequel’ confirmado para Wii on June 12th, 2008.Ya es oficial: Cuenta [...]

  9. Mike Tuckman Says:

    In addition to the upcoming Brightkite DashApp, Fire Eagle is already integrated and up and running!

  10. Ryan "futileboy" Lane Says:

    Mike,

    BK invite sent. Ooooh Fire Eagle is working. I’ll have to check that out.

  11. Un aparato de GPS que tuitea - esTwitter.com Says:

    [...] Via: blog de Dash [...]

  12. Digital Media Bytes Says:

    [...] Your GPS Tweet: Dash Points of Interest addthis_pub = ‘davezatz’; addthis_options = ‘email, twitter, facebook, digg, delicious, [...]

  13. Dailylinks: Tons of links I’ve liked (and sorted) in June… | theory.isthereason Says:

    [...] Dash Blog » Does Your GPS Tweet? - Dash Express, with its two-way Internet connectivity, allows for dramatic uses of GPS functionality, including tweeting current location. Should be doable on the 3G iPhone. [...]

  14. echo “A” + (rand() * $life); » Blog Archive » Technologic Says:

    [...] directing us through every turn. The latest technology, get your cell phone to “Tweet” like these guys got their GPS to do. The iPhone is about to come out and man I need that phone. Twitter is coming [...]

  15. Dash Express no lava ni a mano ni a máquina, pero te mantiene localizable - Gizmodo ES - The gadgets weblog Says:

    [...] y que nadie venga a tomar un donut caliente puede ser bastante deprimente. — Rafa M. Claudín [Dash] [...]

  16. Denton Burr Says:

    This is a major win feature-wise. I am glad to see this innovation.

    Nice blog.

  17. Diego Ripley - Eight Awesome Hardware Twitter Hacks Says:

    [...] Tweets any combination of address, street, city, state, latitude, longitude, and can link to Yahoo! or Google maps. In addition, the 20 most recent tweets of those you follow can be pulled down to the GPS. More information can be found here. [...]

  18. Witson Says:

    Virtual GPS is a GPS simulator software. You can use it to simulate a GPS receiver unit connected to your system. It’s ideal when you need GPS input, but you have no signal or for development purposes.

Leave a Reply