Location Web
Location = context
Context -> higher relevancy -> user experience
Location is a killer mobile app enabler
Yoursite.com?lat=&lon=
Fire Eagle – location broker (get all inputs, have app (publisher) registered). Dopler as publisher. Fireball get access for the info
DO use FireEagle PHP library! (Update, query, integrate)
Geolocation methods:
Triangulation (WiFi 20[m], GPS 1[m], Cell Tower 2000[m]) {Loki JavaScript API http://loki.com/developers} Garmin device plug-in, get path data GPX
Association (IP Geolocation) {quova, ip2location}
Geo Term Extraction {MetaCarta Query Parser API, Urban Mapping GeoMods}
Geocoding {geonames (started with Tiger geoset in Postgres), Google, Yahoo, Geocoder.us}
JavaScript API
Browser.getGeoLocation() - LocationAvare.org
Mobile location
iPhone (WiFi, cell tower) and other mobile API
Symbian S60
J2ME/JSR-179
WHERE Widgets $3/mth for users, no need to have relationship with phone network provider – where wil do it for you {where.com}
SkyHook (WiFi only)
Cell Tower info sources
ZoneTag (yahoo)
OpenCellID
CellDB
WhereCamp unconference May 17-th, May 18-th. Mt. View
Important: only integrated (combined) location methods can provide reliavle location info
Geocoding Links:
- geoNames web services: geonames.org/export
- Google Geocoder class: code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/services.html#geocoding
- Yahoo geocoding API
- Geocoders.us
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