Firefox Presents Plug-In With Geolocation Potentiality
Mozilla has introduced an experimental Firefox browser add-on sporting compelling geolocation capabilities. Called Geode, the technology lets the location of Web surfers to be stationary and then kept up as users move about their hometowns, across the country, or even when tripping around the world.
Among other matters, Geode will give Web sites the native power to request and Web surfers to optionally allow access to the near location of the user’s computing device. This will enable search results to be ranked according to the user’s proximity to nearby stores, restaurants, theaters, parks, etc.
Geode’s geolocation abilities include getting at machine-driven local search results and news. Geode allows the tracking of users on the go, providing geolocation connections so others can see a satellite catch of the user’s location.
Mozilla is using Skyhook’s Loki technology to map locally available Wi-Fi signals to the user’s location.