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Geographical Instant Messaging - RadiusIM
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The GIS and Space blog shortly discuss RadiusIM, a new player in the field of geographical instant messaging. Here's the company website. From the blog: "The premise is that you can see others in your area (the mapping component is Google Maps), and IM them. As you change your map extent, the list of potential IM candidates changes accordingly. [...] You can use the radiusIM chat client to chat with your buddies on GoogleTalk/Jabber, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, and AOL Instant Messenger. I did test this out and it works pretty well." See related stories for other similar geo-enabled instant messaging stories.
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Geographical Instant Messaging - RadiusIM
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