However, the new apple beacons are small, short range Bluetooth devices that will be coming out soon. They will be used by businesses to push specials and advertisements, and give very accurate close range Bluetooth navigation through triangulation or to a particular beacon
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 3:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Bluetooth helps determine location. Fact or fiction. > > Hi, > > Short answer: no. Longer answer: no & see below for why this is the case. > > The only way that this would have a chance of working is if a Blutooth > device database was created with information about devices and their > locations, in the same fassion as the WIFI hotspot database. However, given > the reasonably short range of most Blutooth devices, any company that > wanted to attempt this would most likely have to enter peoples properties > to gather any sizable amount of data. > On top of this, the mobile nature of Blutooth devices would make for > terrible accuracy levels; after all, do you really leave your iPhone in one > place all the time? If you're anything like me you take it almost everyware > you go - my 4S has been all over England and has been known to visit wales > every now and again. Consider what would happen if you tried to check > your location whilst on a train: undoubtedly there will be a large number of > Blutooth devices in range, but their "homes" would be spread out > throughout the country, making the task of determining your actual location > more or less inpossible. > Lastly, WIFI access points are almost always left on, whereas I only really > turn Blutooth on when I'm using it. Even if we set aside the above problems, > it's entirely possible that a user may not have her Blutooth turned on when > data was being gathered, resulting in her device not being indexed. > > Cheers, > Ben. > > On 12/3/13, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> wrote: > > I haven't read this. Where did you read this? Given that bluetooth > > only has a 30 foot range, I wouldn't think it would help with GPS accuracy. > > > > Wifi does help with GPS accuracy though. That's because GPS apps, in > > addition to checking with GPS satellites, also check with hot spot > > databases and triangulate your location based on the hot spots you're > > around. > > > > On 12/03/2013 12:28 PM, Neal Ewers wrote: > >> Hi, I read somewhere that having Bluetooth turned on allows the phone > >> to know more about where you are. Yes? No? Is this simply that GPS is > >> perhaps related to Bluetooth? Or, is there something else I don't know. > >> Or, is this fiction. > >> > >> Thanks for your thoughts. > >> > >> Neal > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > >> Google Group. > >> > >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > >> > >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > >> > >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > >> [email protected]. > >> > >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > >> [email protected]. > >> > >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > >> --- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups "VIPhone" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > >> send an email to [email protected]. > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > > Christopher (CJ) > > chaltain at Gmail > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > > Google Group. > > > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > > [email protected]. > > > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > > [email protected]. > > > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "VIPhone" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > an email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail- > archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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