Geolocation is the process of locating a person or object using digital information, most commonly data from satellites combined with the Global Positioning System (or GPS). You might have a GPS system in your car to help you find your way around (mine often sends me on wild adventures…perhaps I need to learn to follow …
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Thing 17: Geolocation Tools
Can’t live without a geolocation app on my phone these days, to be honest, and Google Maps is one of my best guide buddies. It is super useful for navigating to a new place. Although I don’t like to share my geolocation with apps in general, Google Maps is surprisingly helpful for retracing my steps and labelling…
Thing 17: Geolocation Tools
I decided to try Geocaching.com I downloaded the App to my phone and after a wee explore realised that I pass several geocaches on my walk to work. I was hoping that this blog post would be accompanied by a triumphant photo of a geocache – but it turned out to be slightly harder than I’d imagined! … Continue reading Thing 17: Geolocation Tools →
Thing 4
Thing 4 requires you to consider the data you share with the apps on your mobile and tablet devices. I was encouraged to download an app and then have a look through the list of permissions each of my apps have. Some want to know your exact GPS location, which is understandable for apps such […]