GPS MASHUPS ARE GOING NOWHERE

摘要

Some businesses have deployed location-aware applications to GPS-enabled phones and other devices for tasks such as field service, fleet management, and logistics. GPS data could theoretically be integrated into mashups, too—let's call those GPS mashups—but there are obstacles. Wireless carriers generally don't share the information generated by a phone's GPS chip—a user's longitude and latitude, in particular—or other network data that might be used to pinpoint a phone's location. Just getting GPS data can be difficult if not impossible for would-be mashup makers.