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Location Determination Goes Hybrid
Skyhook announced a hybrid location determination software solution that can tap into GPS, Wi-Fi, and cell towers to locate devices. What does that mean for knowing where you are anytime, anywhere? Is this step forward accompanied by an increased sense of location privacy comfort? Our editors explore the new technology and offer a suggestion for tackling the privacy bugaboo.
Show notes:- Missing Backpackers Saved by a Cell Phone (ABC News)
- Skyhook Wireless Announces XPS 2.0 - the Most Advanced Hybrid Positioning System (press release)
- Rosum Corporation
- Nokia to Acquire Social-Activity Service Provider Plazes (press release)
- Naming Names (Direction Magazine, on Plazes acquisition)
- Fire Eagle API Launch (YouTube video)
- Nokia Encourages Symbian to Go Open Source (TMC Net)
NASA’s IceBridge Mission Contributes to New Map of Antarctica
A new dataset called Bedmap2 gives a clearer picture of Antarctica from the ice surface down to the bedrock below. Bedmap2 is a significant improvement on the previous collection of Antarctic data—known as Bedmap. The product was a result of work led by the British Antarctic Survey, where researchers compiled decades worth of geophysical measurements, such as surface elevation measurements from NASA's Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite, known as...
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