User:Donbribon/BlooSee

BlooSee is a social network and an ocean web mapping site where sailors, surfers and other sea lovers geotag and share information and knowledge about the oceans. BlooSee is built in Python and uses the Google Maps API.

BlooSee is owned by BlooSee, Inc. a Silicon Valley Startup company originally founded in 2009 by internet entrepreneurs Pedro Valdeolmillos and Marc Puig in Barcelona, Spain.

The Explore Section
The Explore Section of BlooSee offers bits of geolocated infomation contributed by users layered over satellite imagery of the world. These bits of infomation are called infopoints and are represented by color coded icons. Users can create and edit infopoints like in a wiki. A menu on the left hand side of the screen presents a taxonomy of infopoints and allows to show, hide and create different types of infopoints. Each infopoint has a unique URL and accepts hyperlinks and photos.

Other features of the Explore Section include a distance calculator, a "go to address" search box, a box for entering geographical coordinates, a route feature, and the possibility to obtaint URL's and embed codes for each map view.

The Social Section
BlooSee is a full featured social network with user profiles, status updates, user groups, dicussion forums, etc. and where users can "friend" and message others, as well as "like" infopoints and mark these as "I have been there". Users have the possibility to sync their activity on BlooSee with their Faceboo and Twitter profiles.

Mobile App
BlooSee is also available as a free IPhone_app. An Android version is in the works.