The “Internet of Places” is a nice article putting forth an ecosystem of information and services to bring the geospatial world better in line with the Web. Or one could even say it suggests an information ecosystem where geospatial data would help the Web make a quantum leap in information linking and tagging.
I proposed a similar architecture in my AAG presentation earlier this year called, Historical Gazetteers and Points of Interest. You can also find it on OGC Network.