Bryce,
As far as I know, no carriers in the US currently pass location data
through XHTML-MP - at least not without a very cozy developer
relationship. (if somebody knows different - please speak up!)
In the US, Sprint offers access to control plane location data for any
device on their network through their Business Mobility Framework
(BMF). The crappy thing is that it costs $15/per handset/per month.
Not developer friendly. Find out more here: http://www.nextel.com/en/solutions/gps/mobile_locator.shtml
Carriers in Japan such as KDDI, NTT Docomo, Softbank and Willcom all
provide some way to derive location information through XHTML-MP/cHTML/
whatever HTML using simple URLs, HTML forms and HTTP headers. You can
read more about how they do that here:
Translated version: http://tinyurl.com/yte4fs
Original Japanese: http://www.yaskey.cside.tv/mapserver/note/gps.html
In the UK, we (Socialight) get control plane location data from all
the carriers. This is freely available (for a price!) from SMS
aggregators such as MX Telecom and others.
Give me a shout if you want to chat about this in more detail.
Cheers,
Michael
michael eyal sharon
uberthings.com > web
1.646.591.3682 > voice
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On Feb 13, 2008 7:38 PM, Bryce Nesbitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I know it's rare that a wireless carrier will share a LBS / Geo
Location
from a mobile web browser, with a website. But I'd like to know if
any
of them do? How much of a relationship do you need to have with
each
carrier, before they'll transmit location data to a mobile website
(e.g.
one built with XHTML-MP). Is anyone on the list receiving such data?
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