Skyhook Wireless Gets Some Media Attention

Via Roland Piquepaille. Skyhook Wireless is yet another company doing WiFi positioning. Their business model comes from a well known practise in the locative media community. They provide a database of location of 802.11 access points. They claim it to be nationwide. Based on that they provide a few specific services (E911 location support, asset tracking, advertising according to the user’s context). The managed to get some attention in the press like the Boston Globe’s “One more way to find yourself”

Comparaison of position accuracy the GPS and Wi-Fi signals depending on the area where you are. (Credit: Skyhook Wireless)

Illustration showing how the client part of the Skyhook Wireless system works. (Credit: Skyhook Wireless)