SimpleGeo is recognized as one of the leading providers of location-based information; it powers consumer-facing apps that want to offer their users location-based services.
Today's updates include SimpleGeo Places and SimpleGeo Context, two public-beta products that have been in private beta for a couple months and will be improved even more in the months to come.
The Context product gives developers "relevant contextual information such as geographic boundaries, weather, and demographics for a specific location," wrote SimpleGeo designer Jeffrey Kalmikoff on the company blog.
SimpleGeo Places brings devs a detailed database of business listings and points of interest that "enables real-time community collaboration."
Best of all, both Places and Context "are now and will forever be completely free and without any restrictions." Talk about freedom of information. We're sure this will come as welcome news to developers who've been wanting to play around with location in their apps.
The company's paid product is SimpleGeo Storage, currently in private beta. Storage allows devs to index and query large amounts of location data through a simple HTTP interface.