OpenSpace puts people on the map

Dave Bailey, Computing, Wednesday 4 November 2009 at 17:41:00

Location service plots person's location on webpage with 10-metre accuracy

Mobile device firm Locatorz has launched a new person-location service using
the Ordnance Survey's (OS) OpenSpace platform. The new system has an accuracy of
10 metres.

Ordnance Survey sales and marketing development director James Brayshaw said:
"Using OS OpenSpace means Pro Locatorz has the perfect online solution to allow
users to locate the whereabouts of their selected people.?

The system uses a mobile phone device called Locatorz, which sends a GPS
signal over a GSM connection to one of Locatorz' servers. Using the signal,
Locatorz sends back a viewable, secure webpage with the person's location
plotted.

OS OpenSpace Pro can use high-volume and commercial websites, adding to the
standard version of OS OpenSpace, a free online mapping application for
community groups and web developers.

Locatorz claims its service is: "The first fully commercial application to
use OS OpenSpace Pro." It allows smooth panning and zooming to locate
colleagues, friends, and relatives.

Locatorz chief executive Guy Norgrove said: ?OS OpenSpace has provided us
with a fantastic platform for users to accurately locate people to within 10
metres.?

Full story at http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2252567/openspace-puts-people-map