Maximiliano Firtman's Forum Nokia Blog - Localize me... even if I don't have a GPS

2008-05-31T22:09:56Z

Hmm how come this is the last topic since almost 1 year on location based services. I expected that this area would be booming, so many apps and mash-ups I could think about that can rely on good info of the location of the user...

im with tote

2007-12-06T23:08:58Z

Sorry but Im with tote on this one. Localisation is about relevance to a locality whereas your article is talking about location position finding and after that the position is related to a place normally through some form of spatial database.

Localization, location, internationalization, and so on

2007-12-05T01:56:03Z

Hi Tote,

Thanks for the comment!.

You are right, the term localization is often used as internationalization or globalization. But take a look at Wikipedia's definitions: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Localization)

"Generally, localization is the determination of the locality (location) of an object."

"localization is the adaptation of an object to a locality."

"In telecommunications, localization is a technique for determining the location of a user of a cell phone"

I think I was talking about localization, not only location. Perhaps I don't want to know where am I. Perhaps I want to know where I can find some restaurant, or if I have a friend near me.

Adapting information to the user location (accurately or not) isn't just finding the user's location.

I want my mobile "localized" applications in my language and also adapted to my geographical location.

Any other opinion? ;-)

Regards!

Localization != location

2007-12-04T22:00:20Z

Max,

I just wanted to draw your attention to that fact that localization is something entirely different as finding a location. It's about providing a product (e.g. a software) in more languages. :)

Cheers,

Tote

Cell-id data base

2007-12-02T07:28:42Z

Well I Quite like talking about localizing non-GPS devices. Its tough but we do have the cell-id feature to cope up with it!
Now on large scale basis what we require is a database of cell-id with their locations be it from the operators or from any 3rd party company. Google has thought good idea of querying the other current cellid users.

I have been working on Location Based Services (LBS) in python.First I was working on 2nd edition devices and now on the 3rd edition GPS devices.But cellid still interests me a lot...Of course there are some issues with the 1 cell id conflicting with other. I have been testing the cellid of different places my city.I am soon gonna write an article on the same.

Hope we do have a solution with cellid soon! :-)

Best Regards
croozus