We were up in Newcastle this week meeting with 3 business partners discussing a joint venture that has been developing over the last few months. This is still a pre-start-up business and no firm decision has been made on whether it will start up but some market research has been planned and we at Tad Web Solutions Ltd are in the process of developing a prototype for proof of concept and to enhance the market research by getting the views of potential customers and users.
The project includes the use of mapping software and the collection of data via GPS and to this end we have obtained a developer API key from Ordnance Survey so that we can create a prototype that utilises their maps. We also intend to use Google Maps to give two alternative views. We have already developed some of the functions we require for the display of data and are planning to have a test area to use.
Ideally we would like to develop the prototype for a genuine area where we can provide a range of functions based upon that location in conjunction with the managers of that area. To that end we have provided a proposal to a local organisation and hope shortly to get the go ahead to start the work. We are quite excited about the possibilities of this and believe we would create something of use for our land management partners.
It's all a bit hush hush until we get agreement and the exact nature of the project will not be revealed until the new joint company is launched. However, the prototype development, which is largely being carried out by Matthieu, will be useful for location-based services we could offer our own customers even if the market research points to the new venture not being economically viable as a stand alone company.
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