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Geolocation. Frances Ho. What is it?. 35°55′44″N 79°2′22″W. The identification of the real-world location of an object. Methods. Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) GPS/A-GPS Associating geographic locations with IPs, MAC Addresses, RFIDs, GPS device, Wi-fi locations, etc.
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Geolocation Frances Ho
What is it? 35°55′44″N 79°2′22″W The identification of the real-world location of an object.
Methods • Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) • GPS/A-GPS • Associating geographic locations with IPs, MAC Addresses, RFIDs, GPS device, Wi-fi locations, etc. • Started in 1999
Geotagging Adding geolocation data to various media: photos, videos, websites, RSS feeds, SMS messages, etc. Built-in/Standalone GPS GPS Chip GeoSMS – I Am Here GeoURL
Geocoding Adding geographical information to streets, zip codes, etc. from already recognized geographic data in a Geographic Information System (GIS) Google Maps Bing Maps Yahoo! PlaceFinder
Location Based Services Criminal Investigations/Fraud Detections Geo-marketing/Target Content Regional Licensing Social Networking Games
LBS Applications: Geo-Social Networking Allows user interaction relative to their location Ad-hoc Networking Paperless Ticketing Social Networks
LBS Applications: Location-Based Games Game-play evolves based on a player’s location Time/Player Based Geo-caching Turf Wars VirtualPunk SidewalkSquirrel
LBS Applications: Google Latitude Share your current location with friends Share status updates Communicate through texts and calls Facebook Twitter FourSquare
Geolocation APIs Google Geolocation W3C Geolocation API HTML5 Mozilla Geode Twitter Fire Eagle SkyHook
Pros & Cons • Pros • Easy-access info • Thousands of apps • Easy communication • Cons • Privacy • Awareness • Spam
Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geolocation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location-based_service http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocoding http://www.pcworld.com/article/192803/geolocation_101_how_it_works_the_apps_and_your_privacy.html http://compnetworking.about.com/od/traceipaddresses/f/ip_location.htm
Further Reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geolocation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location-based_game http://www.pcworld.com/article/192803/geolocation_101_how_it_works_the_apps_and_your_privacy.html http://compnetworking.about.com/od/traceipaddresses/f/ip_location.htm