[1] It was created by a team which included among others Tom Coates, Simon Willison and Mor Naaman.

A user could authorize other services and applications to update or access this information via the Fire Eagle API, allowing a user to update their location once and then use it on any Fire Eagle enabled-website.

The intention of Fire Eagle was to serve as a central broker for location data.

[2] Services which supported Fire Eagle included Pownce, Dopplr, Brightkite and Movable Type.

[citation needed] The service shut down in February 2013.