Describe your idea:
A new delicious tagging plugin that also harnesses the power of location services — so that it bookmarks where people find things interesting.
It could use triple tags to simply add a geo-attention “point” to each item bookmarked.
This tagging could then be used by anyone to see where bookmarks were interesting.
What problem does it solve?:
All attempts to collate and distribute local information are stymied by the fact that placing most information “on a map” is complex (council decisions, govt dept decisions affect discreet boundaried areas, news either has a “spot” and fade in influence or something more esoteric). People don’t do it, or the tech isn’t there for them to.
Coming at it from the other angle would give a sort of heatmap of influence which could prove useful for all sorts of projects — particularly those interested in local news and democracy.
Type of idea: A brand new project
Bonus points if this plugin recognises existing geo metadata on the page, or in its headers, and uses (or optionally offers to use) that.