I'm curious to know how the celltower/wifi triangulation is working for others. If you've installed v1.1.3 and have tried geopositioning yourself please share your results. Here's the info from my last three attempts:
Actual Location: 8th and Oak Sts., Oakland, CA Nature of Urban Area: Low rise residential, edge of downtown WiFi Connected? N Edge Only? Y ATT Bar Strength? 5 Circle Radius: 1.75 miles Crosshairs aligned with actual location? N Crosshairs how far off? 0.26 miles Actual Location: 8th and Oak Sts., Oakland, CA Nature of Urban Area: Low rise residential, edge of downtown WiFi Connected? N Edge Only? Y ATT Bar Strength? 5 Circle Radius: 0.18 miles Crosshairs aligned with actual location? N Crosshairs how far off? 0.05 miles Actual Location: Durant Ave and International Blvd., Oakland, CA Nature of Urban Area: Single family home residential, suburban WiFi Connected? Y Edge Only? N ATT Bar Strength? 5 Circle Radius: 1.49 miles Crosshairs aligned with actual location? N Crosshairs how far off? .18 miles I also had three failed attempts to geolocate at locations 1 and 2. The time to locate is probably around 4-14 seconds. I haven't tried while driving! Thanks, Stella On Jan 15, 2008 10:44 AM, Mike Liebhold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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." > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > -- Stella Wotherspoon mobile 415-637-7799
_______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
