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Geolocation Frances Ho
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The identification of the real-world location of an object. What is it? 35°55 ′ 44 ″ N 79°2 ′ 22 ″ W
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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 Methods
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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 Geotagging
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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 Geocoding
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Criminal Investigations/Fraud Detections Geo-marketing/Target Content Regional Licensing Social Networking Games Location Based Services
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Allows user interaction relative to their location Ad-hoc Networking Paperless Ticketing Social Networks LBS Applications: Geo-Social Networking
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Game-play evolves based on a player’s location Time/Player Based Geo-caching Turf Wars VirtualPunk SidewalkSquirrel LBS Applications: Location-Based Games
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Share your current location with friends Share status updates Communicate through texts and calls Facebook Twitter FourSquare LBS Applications: Google Latitude
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Google Geolocation W3C Geolocation API HTML5 Mozilla Geode Twitter Fire Eagle SkyHook Geolocation APIs
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Pros Easy-access info Thousands of apps Easy communication Cons Privacy Awareness Spam Pros & Cons
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geolocation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geolocation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location-based_service http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location-based_service http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocoding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocoding http://www.pcworld.com/article/192803/geolocation_ 101_how_it_works_the_apps_and_your_privacy.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/192803/geolocation_ 101_how_it_works_the_apps_and_your_privacy.html http://compnetworking.about.com/od/traceipaddress es/f/ip_location.htm http://compnetworking.about.com/od/traceipaddress es/f/ip_location.htm Sources
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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/traceipaddress es/f/ip_location.htm Further Reading
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