Geolocation Primer

Jul 12

Geolocation Primer

Geolocation tech slices, dices Web: A good, summary article on the next killer app of the Web: geolocation.

Type “dentist” into Google from New York, and you’ll get ads for dentists in the city. Try watching a Cubs baseball game from a computer in Chicago, and you’ll be stymied. Pre-existing local TV rights block the webcast.

The same technology is also being used by a British casino to keep out the Dutch and by online movie distributors to limit viewing to where it’s permitted by license, namely the United States. […]

As so-called geolocation technology improves, Web sites are increasingly blocking groups of visitors and carving the Web into smaller chunks — in some cases, down to a ZIP code or employer.

Thank God they’re keeping out the Dutch…

by Deane July 12, 2004 1:08 PM

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geolocation

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by Robert Cannon, February 24, 2005 11:34 AM

For more background information on how geolocation has played out in court cases, see http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/geolocation.htm

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