Drenched with Ink

Well, I really didn’t see this until earlier, so I’m sorry this is so late for those that were looking for someone to post to. Location technologies are becoming so mainstream that you rarely even notice the innovation anymore. When GPS came out, we were all like “Wow, this is amazing”. Since then there has been phenomenal advancement in the technology. Think about google maps and google earth and you begin to see where this could go. Not to mention that a good portion of people have a GPS navigation system in their car. OnStar has made the headway in that area.

In our industry location awareness technology will go hand in hand with the web. Anytime someone wants to know where the movie they want to see is playing, they can go to the web and find it. Also it is quite interesting how google maps is revolutionizing the way we think about maps and getting around. I think that as we move forward, the websites we create will have more location technology added to them as a basic feature. Moving forward, I see this feature being added to web pages designed for mobile media, such as the iPhone and other mobile devices. I am kind of worried about the amount of tracking that is going on.

Here are a few things to think about:

http://locationtechnology.blogspot.com/

http://www.psfk.com/2008/07/location-aware-technology-and-the-threat-of-constant-connectivity.html

http://www.networkcomputing.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=60401125