While in beta release at this stage, the following cloud apps are being developed for release in time for the 2010 Olympics being held in Vancouver. All these Cloud based applications are being developed using a combination of MS OGDI, Bing Maps, Silverlight and Azure features combined with integrated social networking capability – facebook, twitter, yelp, etc. While you may still run into a bug or two (they are in beta after all), you can preview what these application will provide to the visitors and citizens of Vancouver.

  • MapWay – a way to find City of Vancouver facilities and Olympic events combining Bing and Yelp Search – http://Mapway.cloudapp.net
  • Free Finders – helps you to find free events and services in Vancouver with Facebook connection – http://Freefinders.cloudapp.net
  • MoBuddy  – enables you to hookup with friends and visitors during Olympics to plan and share experiences through mobile social networking including Facebook http://Mobuddy.cloudapp.net
  • eVanTivitY  – enables you to find City and social events and add-in user-defined data-feeds http://Evantivity.cloudapp.net
  • Vancouver Parking – helps plan and find the best parking spot when visiting Vancouver using Bing and Streetside http://park2010.cloudapp.net
  • WeHelp – Provides interactive mapping of Vancouver City and Transit facilities integrated with Twitter (and this has a mobile Bing iPhone client!) http://bit.ly/nitobiopendata