PollMappr – Syndicated, Geographically Aware Polls (or Beer and Cage Matches)

Since we decided to put off the GeoCommons launch till Where 2.0 we had an empty void to fill – the over whelming urge to launch something. Since we need immediate gratification of some sort we decided to push out PollMappr. Mookie and Matt came up with PollMappr between Unreal fun on Fridays. The basic idea is a syndicated poll anyone can create and drop into a blog or webpage then look at the results on Google Earth. The first version tallies up all the votes for the poll by state then gives you a purty map in Google Earth showing the results. If you want the direct scoop check out Mookie’s blog post.

So we figured it would be a good tool to help us out with our BOF on “Geodata for Masses” at Where 2.0. The BOF would be a lot more fun if we had beer, but the question was what kind of beer to serve. Obviously, we should have a poll, see what wins and serve it up:

As an extra added bonus we’ll have a map of beer preference, so people can see where the hell people drink Michalob Ultra. Just having a beer poll is not quite exciting though, and what truly compliments beer well is a Cage Match. Everyone’s dying to know who would win in this one:

Lets face it though our ideas are not nearly as funny as what everyone else has come up with just today – www.pollmappr.com – so make your own poll drop it onto your blog or web page and have some fun.