There are a few obvious ways how Geospatial searches could be implemented with Notes/Domino APIs, e.g.
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In my XPages series article I demonstrated how to use an external MongoDB database to do these kind of searches from XPages applications, but this stuff gets even more interesting and realistic if we can solve it with pure Notes/Domino technologies - and it is possible. With all those smartphones out there that carry a GPS chip, the requirement nowadays is pretty often to "find the next Italian restaurant" or "find friends nearby" that all can be solved with Geospatial Indexing. Geospatial indexing basically solves the task to find locations stored in a database that are close to a given set of coordinates, specified as latitude/longitude pair and to sort the results by distance. This idea has to do with alternative indexing techniques for IBM Notes/Domino data, something like " Notes Views on steroids":īuilding an external indexer for IBM Notes/Domino that is more powerful than classic Notes Views, but still easy to use and scalable for large amounts of data.Īnd while I was investigating different open source indexers and database engines, I once again came across the topic " Geospatial Indexing", which I had already discussed in the article XPages series #14: Using MongoDB’s geo-spatial indexing in XPages apps My original plan was to submit this pet project for the last XPages development contest, either in addition to or instead of the Mindoo FTP Server, but the project got bigger and bigger over time - and an FTP server was finally easier to polish and explain than my other idea. Last weekend I created a new project on, which is part of a pretty big "pet project" that I have been working on for several month and that will hopefully be ready for primetime someday.
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But IBM has some 135 million Lotus users worldwide, according to the AP-myself included-and if the Lotus Notes for iPhone software can convince some IT departments that the device is suitable and safe for business use, it may not be long before others follow their lead.New on OpenNTF: Geospatial indexing for IBM Notes/Domino data Karsten Lehmann 30 July 2013 23:11:37 It remains to be seen whether or not an IBM/Apple partnership in the enterprise mobile space can give Microsoft or Research In Motion a run for their money-or even get them jogging. (Forrester Research recently offered up 10 reasons IT should not support the iPhone, and security was number one on their list, as well.) It will be interesting to see to what extent the Lotus Notes software for the Apple iPhone addresses these concerns.
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In my opinion, the leading factor that's currently keeping the iPhone from being a suitable business device is a lack of security-oriented features like data encryption and remote password change, device lock and data wipe functionality.
And real push functionality is still not available. Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes users can already connect to corporate e-mail accounts via iPhone, but administrators have to enable certain settings in their infrastructure or separate third-party applications are required. Though details on the Lotus Notes for iPhone software are scarce at this point, the announcement is certainly going to catch the attention of enterprise smartphone users who've had their eyes on Apple's mobile prize since its release, as well as the IT folks who may soon be supporting it. A few weeks back, I blogged about AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson's announcement that a 3G Apple iPhone will become available in 2008, and I suggested that a corporate e-mail client for the device could soon follow.