Re: Location Information at CellBazaar, Bangladesh

I have been in the "location technology" business for over 30 years and note
that those methods depending on centralized (hierarchic) methods, from the
radio direction finders of World War II through the satellites commonly seen
as "the solution" aren't ideal.

The most widespread version of "where am I?"
http://www.ski.org/Rehab/WCrandall/General/LOUGH1.htm  is the system of
"Talking Signs" which solve problems associated with "hard-wired" systems,
i.e. signs aren't considered as "information" - it may say "Bleekman
Brothers" but give no further news about the signed location.

By "tagging" the environments with serially-numbered infra-red LEDs with
discreet numbers (these discrete numbers are the basis of URIs peculiar to
each "sign") associated on the Web with their precise location (IR is very
directional!) the user  can find her place in the world as well as navigate
to other locations.

Another advantage to a tagged environment is that it doesn't depend on
satellite availability with the attendant problems associated with that
system.

Love.
http://www.talkingsigns.com

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 2:55 AM, Mira Slavova <slavbreed@gmail.com> wrote:

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> What do you think about location technologies
> and their use?
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