50x more accurate geolocation using contact page info

http://www.usenix.org/events/nsdi11/tech/full_papers/Wang_Yong.pdf

by joahua • 15 years ago

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hammock2• 15 years ago

Google was able to solve the IP geolocation problem better than anyone else ever will - by scraping IPs and MAC addresses from wireless networks with its Street View cars (and linking them to a latlong)

Terretta• 15 years ago

> better than anyone else ever will

Have a look at Skyhook, cited by developers as an upgrade to Google's location service built into Android, and as the location service in original iPhones:

http://www.skyhookwireless.com/

In general, it's considered superior to Google's service. Citation:

In comparing the two systems, Fruzzetti notes that Google’s technology can be off by as much .2 miles, whereas Skyhook’s technology has attracted manufacturers and developers like Motorola, Gowalla and Peekboo with “accuracy within 10 to 20 meters.”

http://bostinnovation.com/2010/09/28/skyhook-v-google-iath-4...

hammock2• 15 years ago

I was referring more to Google's own private stash of data on PCs and the like, but that is cool too.

50x more accurate geolocation using contact page info

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