Mapable is a platform that has many applications. As a service provider Mapable will be introducing various services and also has a plan to open up the platform to the developers so anyone can create their own Mapable services using mapable API and tapping into the existing userbase. The first service is Mapable Chat.

Our goal is to take take common social activities on the Internet and put them on a geographic map. This applies to chat, polling, surveys, dating, learning and many more. For example, Mapable Chat is a browser-based chat application where you can see where all the chat participants are.

The Homepage is classic Web 2.0 like, and the interesting thing about the chat I found is the use of Google Maps API in the chat area to show user’s location.