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- noun The identification of
geographic location , as of an electronic device or an animal being tracked. - noun The latitude and longitude coordinates of a particular location. Term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC 19762-5:2008.
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I really dig the work Yahoo is doing in geolocation right now.
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In this paper, we observe that many Web pages contain geolocation information (address, zipcode, and telephone area code) and many of these geolocation items are directly related to the locations of the IP addresses that host the Web pages.
Research: Mining the Web for IP Address Geolocations « ResourceShelf 2007
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AdSense already geolocates you based on the servers you’re connecting to … with the built-in geolocation API, that means that ANY website could take advantage of knowing where you are, IF you grant it such access.
Musings on Chrome, the rebirth of the location bar and privacy in the cloud | FactoryCity 2008
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As so-called geolocation technology improves, websites are increasingly blocking groups of visitors and carving the Web into smaller chunks -- in some cases, down to a ZIP code or employer.
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Last year, the buzzword was geolocation, and the conference's great, hovering, elephant in the room question was whether Foursquare v.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Phil West 2011
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The technology at the heart of this trend is called geolocation
PCWorld 2010
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The technology at the heart of this trend is called geolocation; and with a GPS-enabled smartphone such as the
PC Advisor News 2010
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The technology at the heart of this trend is called geolocation; and with a GPS-enabled smartphone such as the
PC Advisor News 2010
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The technology at the heart of this trend is called geolocation; and with a GPS-enabled smartphone such as the Apple iPhone, Google Nexus One, or RIM BlackBerry, you can use it to let your friends know where you are, or to find places recommended by people you know, or to check in remotely at clubs, bars, and restaurants.
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The technology at the heart of this trend is called geolocation
PCWorld 2010
ecbrenner commented on the word geolocation
"The capability to detect and record where you and other people are located, and to use the information to enhance the desktop using an Internet-connected computer or device. Geolocation information can be obtained in a number of ways including data bout a user's IP address, MAC address, RFID, Wi-Fi connection location, or GPS coordinates." --Webopedia
August 19, 2009