On the 19th of December a new free Iphone application called AlterGeo was launched. This application allows you to define your position on a map and shows all the places you might need, for example banks, shops and cafes. Like in any other network, users can write opinions about places they visit, find each other and get new acquaintances. The special «mark» function allows you to inform others, where are you at the moment. It is a kind of geographical status.

There are lots of projects with same idea in Russian web, like social networks Mirtesen.ru and iMobbit, that provide the same opportunities, but only AlterGeo allows to watch through camera and see all marks, friends and places that are situated near you.

Denis Alaev, the co-founder, says that they will overcome their competitors by developing applications for Android, Nokia N-Series, WM 6.1. Plans for the first year are to get more then 1 million users and push application in Europe.

AlterGeo was developed by Russian startup Wi2Geo.