Mozilla the makers of Firefox has released a new service “Geode” which will help users locate the physical location of computers.
The Geode is an experiment before the launch of its complete Geo-location tool with the launch of verion 3.1
The Geode tool will be completely controlled by the users. Users will have option to provide how much information they give.
The technology used is from a firm called Skyhook which works out a computer’s location from nearby wireless networks.
The system can pinpoint the location within the accuracy of 10 to 20 metres within seconds using a so called system Loki.
The toll might be used for more than finding the location of a new restaurant. It will adda new dimension to the way people search for locations.
When a website requests for a location, a notification bar will alert the user and the user can decide whether to give the exact location.
Yahoo Fire eagle will also use Geode for a number of location-aware applications.
Mr Shaver said that “That’s one of the reasons why we want people to try out Geode. We want people to tell us about their experiences and we realise it could become irksome, for example if every website is asking you whether you want to reveal your location”
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This post was written by Brad on October 11, 2008
