new jersey geographer » Location-based Services http://njgeo.org GIS and planning in New Jersey Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:50:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Location-based services may be a hard sell. http://njgeo.org/2010/09/26/location-based-services-may-be-a-hard-sell/ http://njgeo.org/2010/09/26/location-based-services-may-be-a-hard-sell/#comments Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:01:41 +0000 John Reiser http://njgeo.org/?p=411 Continue reading →]]> Google Latitude logo

Google Latitude, not overwhelmingly adopted

I’m working on a few concepts for integrating GPS locations received from mobile browsers into our mapping applications. One idea has been to employ the location of a student’s smartphone by placing them on the campus map and identifying the quickest route to their on-campus destination. While location-based services have been a hot topic for the past two years now, I’m still unsure of how readily the non-technical public will accept the concept. I still have GIS students that find the amount of data accessible to them intimidating and “scary.”

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When will Google release an API for Latitude? It should also tie into OpenSocial, like how iGoogle and Orkut do now. Google has been really great in releasing new and innovative social networking components and applications, but they need to really follow through and support their creations. Offer up an API and the community will do the rest.

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]]> http://njgeo.org/2009/03/06/fun-with-google-latitude/feed/ 1 Apple rumored to include CoreLocation in 10.6 http://njgeo.org/2009/02/05/apple-rumored-to-include-corelocation-in-106/ http://njgeo.org/2009/02/05/apple-rumored-to-include-corelocation-in-106/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:31:17 +0000 John Reiser http://njgeo.org/?p=99 Continue reading →]]> AppleInsider has a tip that the upcoming version of Mac OS X, dubbed “Snow Leopard” will incorporate the GPS and location-based services library from the iPhone into the laptop/desktop version of the operating service.

They postulate that “CoreLocation will utilize a Mac’s existing networking hardware to triangulate the system’s location in a manner similar to the way the original iPhone was able to use the technology to emulate a true global positioning signal.” Is the inclusion of GPS into future Apple laptops too foreign a concept? I’m holding out for the GPS-enabled Macbook Mini, a netbook running OS X smaller than the current offerings. With more and more location-based applications (BrightKite, Google Latitude) for mobile phones being released each day, why wouldn’t Apple start looking into including GPS into its computers?

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