I am currently a student at Duke University. I think it would be cool if you offered some way for students on college campuses to check in where they are on campus. Two reasons:
1) College kids are always on their phones (sms/iPhone) and computers. Duke for example has a campus wide wireless network.
2) It would be a very social thing to know where your friends are on campus.
The only problem with it now is that many of the buildings on campus don't have specific street addresses (or not known to students). So being able to add campus buildings, whether done by brightkite or by its users (think wiki) and the ability to import a campus map overlay on to the Google map.
I'd like to see the ability to publish notes and photos to Twitter while in private mode. If someone clicks on the link that takes them to the annotated Google Map, that map will display the note or photo at the location specificity level noted in the private settings.
We recently added my company to Google local in the hopes that it would then be available to check in with the "Name (Address)" format in Brightkite.
Am I wrong in assuming this is where that data comes from? How can I make this happen? I'd like to have the place name in there, rather than just the address.
Can you put a DYNAMIC maps page representing a PIN of my location and my friends location?? Also it would be great to see places of interest around me. The maps should be free to hover over as integrated by whrrl.com
the iPhone app is great (works faster than any iPhone web app yet!), but I want more. Specifically, I want to be able to send an address (the location of a friend etc) to the Google map application so that I can get driving directions from where I am to where they are.
When the 2nd gen iPhone comes out you guys had better work GPS into the mix ;)
We've completed a preliminary Onaswarm (community lifestreaming) + Brightkite integration. You can see a sample here: http://www.onaswarm.com/:feed:brightk....
It's probably not the most exciting example in the world since I've been at home for the last few days, but if you'd like to sign up and add your feed (we just need your usename), we'd appreciate your feedback, ideas and suggestions.