[Geowanking] iPhone Geolocating technology?

[Brady Forrest]

That is very cool.
Unfortunately the location data is only for the Seattle Metro region,  
but it does have the Pocket PC code for their stumbler.

I sent one of the women on the project a ping to find out if they  
have more data.

	brady

On Sep 12, 2007, at 3:36 PM, Mike Liebhold wrote:

> Intel's Placelab has  morphed into POLS  - a Privacy Observant  
> Location System
>
> http://pols.sourceforge.net/
>
> Free POLS code has quite a novel and admirable licensing scheme:
>
> "... 4. Any collection, use, disclosure, and/or storage of  
> personally identifiable
> location information about end-users will be undertaken in  
> accordance with the
> Location Aware Privacy Principles.
>
> ...
>
> Addendum 2:  Location Aware Privacy Principles
>
> 1. End users will be informed, in a manner reasonably designed to  
> provide
> actual notice and prior to any collection, use, retention, or  
> disclosure of
> personally identifiable location information, of the following:
>
>    a.  What personal information will be collected;
>    b.  How that personal information will be used;
>    c.  To whom that personal information will be disclosed, how the  
> recipient
> 	will be able to use the personal information, whether the  
> recipient in
> 	turn will be able to transfer the information and whether the  
> recipient
> 	is obligated to comply with these Principles.
>    d.  How long (or how often) the personal information will be  
> disclosed
> 	(e.g. at the time of initial connection only, or periodically during
>        the use of the software)
>
> 2. To the extent reasonably practicable under the circumstances,  
> end users will
> be given conspicuous notice of the opportunity to prohibit the  
> proposed
> collection, use, retention, and/or disclosure of their personally  
> identifiable
> location information in whole or in part, and a reasonably simple  
> mechanism for
> taking advantage of such opportunity.  Where practicable, a Work  
> will provide
> an easy method by which an end user can prohibit such collection, use,
> retention, and/or disclosure, on a case by case basis, at their  
> discretion.
>
> 3. Personally identifiable location information will be deleted  
> regularly when
> it is no longer needed by the end-user or for the correct  
> functioning of the
> Work.
>
> 4. Licensees will implement administrative, technical, and/or other  
> safeguards
> appropriate in light of the sensitivity of the data to protect  
> personally
> identifiable from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, or damage.
>
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