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author62.78.167.76 <cs78167076.pp.htv.fi>2008-03-13 10:08:31 +0000
committer62.78.167.76 <cs78167076.pp.htv.fi>2008-03-13 10:08:31 +0000
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= Miscellany =
-There was a total rewrite after version 0.9, use tag "0.9" (as in `git checkout 0.9`) if you need the old code. The old Geoclue-page is [:Software/GeoClue: here].
+== History ==
+Geoclue got started during GNOME Summit 2006 in Boston. At least Keith Preston and Tuomas Kuosmanen can be blamed.
+
+There was a total rewrite after version 0.9. Use tag "0.9" (as in `git checkout 0.9`) if you need the old code. A copy of the Geoclue wiki page from that time is preserved [:Software/GeoClue/0.9: here].
== Application ideas ==
* F-Spot / GThumb: tag photos with location data
@@ -61,3 +64,6 @@ There was a total rewrite after version 0.9, use tag "0.9" (as in `git checkout
* [http://www.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/#Geocoding_Examples Google Maps Geocoding API] -- License says "only for showing places on Google Maps"
* [http://www.wigle.net/ Wigle.net]-- WIFI location database (10 million networks). License requires users to login.
* [http://geocoder.us geocoder.us] -- geocoder for the USA (TIGER data)
+ * gsmloc-provider could easily get the GSM information using AT commands on the OpenMoko platform
+ * We ''really'' should have a free network location database (like gsmloc.org, but for
+WLAN, GSM, BT, ethernet gateway, ...)