Hyperlocal with the Neighbourhood Networks Platform

› Presenter: Rainer Wasinger

Hyperlocal with the Neighbourhood Networks Platform

› Neighbourhood Networks: An experimental platform developed at The University of Sydney

- Catering for hyperlocal services, i.e. location-based services concentrating on very specific and constrained geographical regions.

- Trends show that communities are looking closer to home for services to help with everyday needs from washing cars and gardening to babysitting.

Hyperlocal with the Neighbourhood Networks Platform

Walkthrough of the Neighbourhood Networks platform:

Hyperlocal with the Neighbourhood Networks Platform

Hyperlocal with the Neighbourhood Networks Platform

Hyperlocal with the Neighbourhood Networks Platform

Hyperlocal with the Neighbourhood Networks Platform

Hyperlocal with the Neighbourhood Networks Platform

Hyperlocal with the Neighbourhood Networks Platform

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Hyperlocal with the Neighbourhood Networks Platform

› What this platform does well:

- This platform places the user in the geographic centre, allowing them to create regions based on simple structures like postcodes up to complex regions such as free-form polygons that may or may not include/exclude particular locations.

- Allows these regions to be reused across a variety of hyperlocal services.

Hyperlocal with the Neighbourhood Networks Platform

› What this platform does well:

- This platform places the user in the geographic centre, allowing them to create regions based on simple structures like postcodes up to complex regions such as free-form polygons that may or may not include/exclude particular locations.

- Allows these regions to be reused across a variety of hyperlocal services.

Hyperlocal with the Neighbourhood Networks Platform

› What services are suited to this type of platform?

- Services that want to target specific geographical locations; services that want to target neighbourhood communities, …

Hyperlocal with the Neighbourhood Networks Platform

› We are still in the early phase of service creation, but are keen to connect with interested parties and get community involvement and feedback!!!

- Do you have an idea for a hyperlocal service?

- Perhaps you already have a hyperlocal service and want to connect it to other hyperlocal services?

› For more information, and to join our mailing list, see:

- http://www.neighbourhoodnetworks.com.au