Comments on: Google Maps Traffic data is crowd-sourced through cell-phones’ Google Apps http://blog.alessiosignorini.com/2010/05/google-maps-traffic-data-is-crowd-sourced-through-cell-phones-google-apps/ Tech, ideas, and cool stuff that go through my head every day... Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:19:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Antonio Gulli http://blog.alessiosignorini.com/2010/05/google-maps-traffic-data-is-crowd-sourced-through-cell-phones-google-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Antonio Gulli Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:41:15 +0000 http://blog.alessiosignorini.com/?p=396#comment-154 Check this out http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/geolocation/ When you visit a location-aware website, Firefox will ask you if you want to share your location. If you consent, Firefox gathers information about nearby wireless access points and your computer’s IP address. Then Firefox sends this information to the default geolocation service provider, Google Location Services, to get an estimate of your location. That location estimate is then shared with the requesting website. If you say that you do not consent, Firefox will not do anything. Check this out http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/geolocation/

When you visit a location-aware website, Firefox will ask you if you want to share your location.

If you consent, Firefox gathers information about nearby wireless access points and your computer’s IP address. Then Firefox sends this information to the default geolocation service provider, Google Location Services, to get an estimate of your location. That location estimate is then shared with the requesting website.

If you say that you do not consent, Firefox will not do anything.

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