One of the future milestones in the development plan is to not only being able to 'move' a Sibling around geographical markers, but show their position through visualisation techniques such as Augmented Reality layers.
Using services such as Dopplr and FireEagle via OAuth, Twitter accounts should be able to post locations where the DGR Sibling is. Where it will be will need to be generatively plotted, using the routine arrays in the DGR character .yaml file.
At present Locations data direct to Twitter accounts is a bit to open (you can state anything - London, around the corner, over the bridge, edge of nowhere) which isn't too useful. More detailed, controlled approach is coming.
View A DGR Stroll in a larger map
Using Google maps as a tracks builder might be a good way to proceed for regular routine activity, or perhaps, as macros to execute certain routines, such as going to the pub and staggering home again. Above is a Google Map with 2 'Strolls' plotted. This should be enough information to set a Sibling off on a routine - complete with timings.
FireEagle based applications such as EagleFeed and FiredUp seem like good integration services that are firmly OAuth based.
As a broader, exploratory, exercise, it would be nice to let the Sibling free to roam the planet - so that it explores, RTweets from within it's geographical contexts, "gets lost", finds it's way back home, or goes and hangs around other people that it find a connection too.
Anyway - all to come in due course, just thought I'd mention where we think this going.
Here's a video clip from Layar, demonstrating how 3D models can be plotted along geographical data arrays - such as a flight path. That should give you enough to realise that the Siblings should be able to wander around the streets and be visible through your phone's camera lens, enabling you to watch their live action unfold.
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