08.11.2009Google’s ‘My Location’ by Rob Smith
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Not sure if it’s been around for a while and I have just noticed it but in Google maps just now a new little button appeared, see to the right the blue dot. On clicking it Firefox asked me if I wanted Google to be allowed to see my location, which is found by IP address. On doing so it pretty much got me dead on accurate – I was impressed.
IP based location services have always been a little off in my experience (Blueleaf’s IP being listed as London for example) but maybe things have moved on well and is much more useful.
It’s just another example of how location based services and overall the context of your situation are shaping how we use services including customisation by location, device and task.
EDIT: Seems like it’s been around a few months since Firefox 3.5 was released in June time. Not sure why I haven’t spotted it until now
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