The BBC webiste posted a story that your internet browser, namley firefox will soon become location aware.
It seems there is no no limit to which applications or software that will have a geo location ability. Cameras now have GNSS receivers in, phones, running shoes, everything it seems can benefit from location awareness.
The Geode project is an experimental add-on ahead of a full blown launch of geolocation technology in version 3.1 of Firefox.
Users will have control over how much location information they give.
It uses technology from a firm called Skyhook which works out a computer’s location from nearby wireless networks.
Its so-called Loki system can determine location within seconds with an accuracy of about 10 to 20 metres, already the use case is that arriving at a new town one can find a local restaurant. This seems to be a constant use case that is rolled out no matter what the technology is that is being upgraded to become location sentinet.
“When running into a new town your GPS enabled sneakers can run you to the nearest restaurant for high energy food”
I’m not knocking the addition of location into browsers, I’m sure that adding location as a layer to enable specfic information to be given to a user will prove valuable, but lets think of a better use case than the old “I’m lost and need food”
Tags: bbc, firefox, location aware, use cases
