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#creepy

##Current Version : 0.1.94

##Author : Yiannis Kakavas <jkakavas__AT__gmail__dot__com>

##Homepage : http://ilektrojohn.github.com/creepy/

##Installation Instructions : See INSTALL file

##Description: 
geolocation information aggregator.

creepy is an application that allows you to gather geolocation related information 
about users from social networking platforms and image hosting services. 
The information is presented in a map inside the application where all the 
retrieved data is shown accompanied with relevant information (i.e. what 
was posted from that specific location) to provide context to the presentation.



##Features

1)Available map providers
    *Google Maps
    *Virtual Earth Maps
    *OpenStreetMaps

2)Location information retrieval from :

    *Twitter's tweet location
        **Coordinates when tweet was posted from mobile device
        **Place (geographical name) derived from users ip when posting on twitter's web interface. 
           Place gets translated into coordinates using geonames.com
        **Bounding Box derived from users ip when posting on twitter's web interface.
           The less accurate source , a corner of the bounding box is selected randomly.
    *Geolocation information accessible through image hosting services API
    *EXIF tags from the photos posted.


3)Social networking platforms currently supported :

    *Twitter
    *Foursquare (only checkins that are posted to twitter)


4)Image hosting services currently supported :

    *flickr - information retrieved from API
    *twitpic.com - information retrieved from API and photo exif tags
    *yfrog.com - information retrieved from photo exif tags
    *img.ly - information retrieved from photo exif tags
    *plixi.com - information retrieved from photo exif tags
    *twitrpix.com - information retrieved from photo exif tags
    *foleext.com - information retrieved from photo exif tags
    *shozu.com - information retrieved from photo exif tags
    *pickhur.com - information retrieved from photo exif tags
    *moby.to - information retrieved from API and photo exif tags
    *twitsnaps.com - information retrieved from photo exif tags
    *twitgoo.com - information retrieved from photo exif tags


5)Automatic caching of retrieved information in order to reduce API calls and the possibility of hitting limit rates.

6)GUI with navigable map for better overview of the accumulated information

7)Handling twitter authentication in an easy way using oAuth. User credentials are not shared with the application.

8)User/target search for twitter and flickr. 

Creepy icon : © "eye of sauron" image by blood-solice on deviantart ( http://blood-solice.deviantart.com )

Inspired by 
-- Johannes B. Ullrich (see original post about exif gps metadata on twitpic http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=8203)
-- http://www.icanstalku.com
-- http://pleaserobme.com

Special thanks to Chris Hadnagy ( a.k.a @humanhacker ) for all the feedback and suggestions during development.