Ingress game gets Beaumont moving    A gaming application for
Android is helping put Beaumont and other local cities on the
map. Ingress, a game developed by Niantic Labs and currently
owned by Google, utilizes players to mine data for Google Maps.
Area players are set to gather in Beaumont on Saturday, Aug. 17,
and the public is invited.   The game story pits the Enlightened
against the Resistance. The Enlightened are in favor of an
alliance with a mysterious alien race known as Shapers. The
Resistance would prefer to decimate the alien race. Niantic
keeps players guessing by releasing the game’s back-story in
segments and generating an evolving storyline around user game
play.   The object of the game is to control geographical areas
using collected energy, known as “exotic matter” or “XM,” and
placing resonators near landmarks, known as “portals.” When
three portals are linked, forming a triangle around an area of
land called a “control field,” the land within the control field
is then owned by the faction