A radio futurologist writing about what happens when radio and new platforms collide
Grab a full RSS feed« DAB+ goes live in Australia: watch | Blog index | Where’s the beer gone? »
Posted on Monday, November 2nd, 2009 at 1:00pm. #
In preparation for my round the world trip, you’ll spot a new piece of micro-information on my front page: my current location. I’m taking this information from Google Latitude.
Google has a hidden API for this service – here – and I’m using this with a poorly-written piece of PHP, which you’ll find here.
Lots of people asked on Twitter how I did it… so this is how.
Hurray.
So you’re leaving data switched on as you globe-trot? That could get expensive!
(OK – so you’re probably planning on using local WiFi more often than not).
Seems you can get Google’s Latitude data out of the cloud, @jamescridland has found a way http://bit.ly/2NBb3I
This comment was originally posted on Twitter
I think you should go further and integrate this with Google Streeview to see exactly which street you are on. You could even superimpose an image of yourself walking down the pavement…
I’m not leaving data switched on (though have just bought the O2 international data bundle for the rare occasions when I will use it.)
And sorry, Ben, I’ve only shared ‘city’, not completely accurate data… and in any event, you can lie on Google Latitude quite convincingly.
This website uses Gravatars (the pretty pictures of commenters). Upload yours here.
Additional comments powered by BackType
All un-quoted text in this blog is licenced under a Creative Commons Licence.
Powered by WordPress. Feeds: entries, comments.
These are my personal views and not those of any previous employer - Full disclosure - Privacy - FAQ - Contact me - Ads/hosting: Not At All Bad Ltd
