Facebook wants to know “What’s on your mind?” Twitter asks “What’s happening?” But that’s getting old already. The burning question for the next wave of social networking is “Where are you?”–and ...

One of the pieces of functionality commonly discussed when distinguishing HTML5 from previous versions of HTML is the standardization of geolocation via the Geolocation API. Although some browsers ...

Twitter is jumping on the geolocation bandwagon, with plans to let users geocode their posts and make the information accessible both on the main Twitter site and through external applications.

No audio available for this content. The surveyor has been known throughout history for many things: part expert measurer, part historian, part lawyer and part geographer. These attributes have led ...

In an increasingly interconnected world, telecommunications companies have become providers of necessary services for personal, organizational, and business purposes. For these companies to provide ...

Smartphones, websites, and other connected devices (e.g., “wearables”) increasingly request that consumers provide their geo-location information. Geolocation information can refer to general ...

As director of service provider marketing and business development at NetScout, John English has the mission to share with customers and industry analysts how NetScout solutions help all ...

This goes beyond simply not trusting location data for cybersecurity authentication. Geolocation is now used for a wide range of business reasons — but it shouldn’t be. Geolocation was once a glorious ...

The Geolocation specification includes another call, particularly suitable for moving objects: navigator.geolocation.watchPosition(). The next example demonstrates how a change in location can be ...

California Law: In-scope organizations that collect and process “sensitive personal information,” including Precise Geolocation Data, must provide Californians with the right to limit that ...