Comments on: Location Based Campus Tours with Gowalla

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mp3 dinle — Tue, 04 May 2010 12:45:42 +0000

And don’t forget, anyone under 18 taking a campus tour is violating Gowalla’s TOS…

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By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:31:55 +0000

From a ‘very saturated population of iPhone [and iPod Touch] users who are soon-to-be fully saturated. Game on. Todd, many thanks for pointing out the TOC. I’d like to see the GoWalla team revisit that with their legal team.

By: Todd

Todd — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:47:54 +0000

And don’t forget, anyone under 18 taking a campus tour is violating Gowalla’s TOS…

6. Eligibility
This Service is intended solely for Users who are eighteen (18) years of age or older, and any registration, use or access to the Service by anyone under 18 is strictly prohibited and in violation of this Agreement.

By: Bruce Floyd

Bruce Floyd — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:43:13 +0000

We’ve been considering (and speaking with Gowalla about) using Trips to compliment our current campus tour. While users are visiting various spots, they can check in and socially broadcast to their friends on Facebook/Twitter that they are on campus. We’ll also add more locations to the trip, which will (hopefully) encourage exploration of campus.

By: Bradjward

Bradjward — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:33:25 +0000

Haha! Ironically, it’s the reason why I like Gowalla over FourSquare.

PS – you can create locations from your office, then edit them on gowalla.com and drag the pin to where it needs to be

By: Patrick Powers

Patrick Powers — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:18:36 +0000

Thanks for the post. I’m a big fan of Gowalla, although for University marketing/web types doesn’t FourSquare hold the advantage? To enter a location in Gowalla, you have to actually be standing there, meaning I’ll have to get out of me chair and mark each locale individually. Even the thought of moderate exercise has me wheezing and out of breath.

By: Howard Kang

Howard Kang — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:12:37 +0000

BJW,

I love you, but I have to throw the old disagree on this one for most cases.

First, Gowalla/foursquare is only fun if you use Gowalla/foursquare. Being the mayor/founder/creator of locations has about as much meaning to non-users as monopoly money has in the real world.

Second, Gowalla doesn’t allow for extra information from users. The creators restrict the titles and descriptions. I think foursquare gains some big points with the ability for users to add tips. Think about it. For example, imagine the food court was a location on Gowalla. It might have a brief description (official or unofficial), but in that description it can’t be detailed what is good. On foursquare users have the ability to add their own insider’s look. “Watch out for the tilapia on Tuesdays. Gross.” I really think that Gowalla should never be a standalone tour, but be a supplement to it because you can’t hear the details about the significance of the buildings, etc.

I do think Gowalla is doing some great things, especially with their recent improvements to the mobile site. I know we talk about this all the time, but I really think that more than the app craze, universities should be focusing on web-based, mobile sites that are universally accessible and not restricted to specifics platforms or operating systems. Sure, application downloads are up, but greater than that, is the time users spend accessing the internet through their phones.

Really though, I am probably just jealous that you’re getting more international check-ins than me.