Comments on: What’s cool about ‘My Location’? http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2007/11/28/154/whats-cool-about-my-location/ ...Jason Birch's geospatial ramblings Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:23:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Neill http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2007/11/28/154/whats-cool-about-my-location/comment-page-1/#comment-66233 Neill Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:39:40 +0000 http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2007/11/28/154/whats-cool-about-my-location/#comment-66233 When will the Verizon Network support this? It seems as though they are always behind in the game of new technology but they have the best coverage. When will the Verizon Network support this? It seems as though they are always behind in the game of new technology but they have the best coverage.

]]> By: Jason Birch http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2007/11/28/154/whats-cool-about-my-location/comment-page-1/#comment-66090 Jason Birch Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:52:57 +0000 http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2007/11/28/154/whats-cool-about-my-location/#comment-66090 Hey Andrew... For sure, there are privacy concerns. Personally, I don't really have a problem with it unless the data is tagged against a person or unique identifier, but I can see the concerns. Like a true geek, I guess I am more interested in the technology. It must be hard to develop a precise location from two measurements that are so variable/fuzzy. I guess that with lots and lots of data anything can be precise though... I wonder if Google is going to push for compass, altimeter, and range finder to be added to cell phones to make it easier to capture the world for them? :) Hey Andrew…

For sure, there are privacy concerns. Personally, I don’t really have a problem with it unless the data is tagged against a person or unique identifier, but I can see the concerns.

Like a true geek, I guess I am more interested in the technology. It must be hard to develop a precise location from two measurements that are so variable/fuzzy. I guess that with lots and lots of data anything can be precise though…

I wonder if Google is going to push for compass, altimeter, and range finder to be added to cell phones to make it easier to capture the world for them? :)

]]> By: Andrew Turner http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2007/11/28/154/whats-cool-about-my-location/comment-page-1/#comment-66086 Andrew Turner Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:13:53 +0000 http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2007/11/28/154/whats-cool-about-my-location/#comment-66086 Well, N95, for one, have Cell, GPS, and WiFi, so assumedly they've already been collecting this information. Navizon does <a href="http://navizon.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/11/google-and-priv.html" rel="nofollow">bring up a good questions</a> about what to think of the inexplicit collecting of information. Well, N95, for one, have Cell, GPS, and WiFi, so assumedly they’ve already been collecting this information.

Navizon does bring up a good questions about what to think of the inexplicit collecting of information.

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