[Geowanking] liveblog: iphone location platform with google/skyhook

[Mike Liebhold]

liveblogged steve jobs keynote at macworld:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/live-from-macworld-2008-steve-jobs-keynote/


9:24am ""First: maps with location ... You know have the ability to find 
your current location in maps.

9:26am - Maps demo now -- page curls up, search and directions buttons 
now -- if you've seen the 1.1.3 demo vids, this is exactly it. "Schoom. 
And there we are." as it locates Steve in the Moscone. "I can flip right 
into directions, and it uses my current location to start..." calcing 
the route back to Apple HQ.

9:28am - "We love working with Google.

9:31am - " Well, we're working with two companies. Google, and Skyhook 
wireless -- we've driven the US and Canada and mapped WiFi hotspots, 
they have 23m hotspots in their database."

9:33am - "They pick up beacons, triangulate the beacons, and tell you 
where you are -- and Google is doing the same thing triangulating cell 
towers -- we're using both of them, and it works pretty doggone well. We 
have this new add to home screen button... add our apps right to the 
home screen."