Analogs

Analogs
List of the most popular LBS

Foursquare
Foursquare is a location-based social networking website. It gives such opportunities :
 * 1) share your location data
 * 2) collect statistic of user movements - users can check-in in special checkpoints
 * 3) provide open api for services

Google Latitude
Google LBS, working with Google maps. There are clients for the most common mobile platforms. Main function is to show your position on Google Maps and see who of your friends are around you. There are also many plugins for Google Latitude, that allow to storage your moving history, position representation in chat status and so on(api is open).

GSmesh
Service that provide GPS tracking functionality and their own map source. There are clients for mobile platforms(trackers) and desktop clients(allow your to see movement history and current position of your cell phone). Mobile clients can also collect information about SMS, emails and calls and send it to the server. Api is closed.

Fire Eagle
LBS from Yahoo! that allow to collect and storage information about your position. There are lots of application written by open API providing different functionality - position based search, friend tracking and so on.

Facebook Places
Facebook LBS with open Api and next functions - sharing your location data with your friends, getting location based advirtisment and information about neraest "deals" which allows for users to check in from restaurants, supermarkets, bars, and coffee shops using an app on a mobile device and then be rewarded discounts, coupons, and free merchandise.

Dopplr
Social networking that allows users to create itineraries of their travel plans and spot correlations with their contacts’ travel plans in order to arrange meetings at any point on their journey. Additional features include allowing the user to calculate the carbon footprint their journeys have produced.

face2face
LB social network that agregate other social network and show who of your friends are nearby. Also provide ability to send instant messages between users and do other social networking staff.

Geoloqi
Geoloqi is a mobile and web platform for securely sharing location data, entirely open source. It can track a user’s location at all times, and use this data to provide various services. A user can leave himself a note to receive when he gets to a certain location, for example, a reminder to pick up batteries when he's in the store. The user can send a real-time map to a friend or client, to take the mystery out of when he or she will arrive. Geoloqi allows users to automatically notify others of their location by sending an automated SMS message to their phones when they get within a certain range.

Twitter Places
This service allow you to post tweets with location information. It can be setted manualy or using position sources like GPS. Your also can see other tweets on a map, search them and so on.

Gbanga
Gbanga is a social gaming platform for mobile phones.The main idea is that the gaming environment changes relative to the players real-world location. Players can interact with each other using built-in social and chat functions, which indicate their current real-world locations as well as online and offline status. Additional features enable social gaming in forms such as exploring, collecting and trading.

Whrrl
Whrrl is a social location-based game. Whrrl has a recommendation engine that uses algorithms and users' votes to surface relevant recommendations. And now it has recently been acquired by Groupon, Inc. After careful consideration, Whrrl will no longer be available in its present form.

Loopt
It is a set of geosocial networking services that show users where friends are located and what they are doing via maps on their mobile phones. Mobile clients provide real-time location updating. Users can update location and status and share with friends. Platform and api are closed source.

Buzzd
Buzzd is a location-sensitive city guide and social network for the mobile phone. Users are able get real-time information on bars, restaurants, clubs, retailers and events in their area. Users rate places with a thumbs up or down, post venue reviews and connect with friends in the area.

Outalot
Outalot is a Web 2.0 and Mobile Web service that provides a social networking, user review, and local search of restaurants, movies, and stores. Outalot relies on User-generated content for its restaurant, bar, and shop reviews. The intention behind such limited review is to make the service more user-friendly for mobile users and for users scanning the site quickly.

The Hotlist
The Hotlist is a geo-social networking aggregator that enables people to see where their friends are, where they've been, and where they will be. Also it can be used as a geo-recomendation service - see on a map, where is good prices, discounts and so on.