| You've just finished congratulating your
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| | server somewhere and doesn't move much,
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| marketing team. After six months of
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| | so at first glance it seems quite
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| concentrated effort you can now actually
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| | unplausible you'll need GIS Locational
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| find your own company web site within the
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| | Data within your source code. On the
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| search engines. Everyone is busy
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| | contrary. One aspect your web site
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| handshaking and back patting when a voice
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| | represents is your business's physical
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| from the back of the room rises above the
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| | location(s) and if people are going to
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| din. "Yeah this is great! Can't wait
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| | try to find your services and products,
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| until we can find ourselves on wireless
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| | shouldn't you at the very least, tell
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| devices."All conversation comes to an
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| | them where it is and how to get
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| abrupt halt. Eyes widen. Everyone turns
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| | there?Let's look at it from the other end
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| to the fresh-faced intern standing in the
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| | of the spectrum. The end user approach.
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| corner with a can of V8 juice in one hand
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| | Let's say you're vacationing in a new
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| and a PALM device in the other. You,
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| | city for the first time. Once you get
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| being the Department Manager, barely
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| | settled into your Hotel room, what's the
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| managing to control your voice not to
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| | first thing you want to find?
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| mention your temper, ask the now nearly
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| | Restaurants? Bank machines? Stores? So
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| frozen with panic intern, "What do you
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| | you pull out your hand-held, wireless,
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| mean find ourselves on wireless? We just
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| | device, log onto the web and search for
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| spent thousands on our web site
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| | "Italian Food in San Francisco." Five
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| visibility campaign!" "Well... Explains
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| | Hundred results come back so you click
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| the sheepish intern, "There is no GPS or
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| | the new "location" feature on your
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| GIS locational data within our source
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| | hand-held (which knows exactly where you
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| code. Without it, most wireless
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| | are) and ten Italian restaurants, who
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| appliances won't be able to access our
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| | were smart enough to code their web sites
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| site."Guess what? The intern is
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| | with GIS data, light up on the screen.
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| absolutely correct. Anyone interested in
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| | Guess which restaurants didn't get
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| selling goods and services via the
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| | selected? The other four hundred and
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| Internet will soon be required to have
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| | ninety. Starting to get the picture?How
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| some form Geographic Location data coded
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| | does this affect you and your web site
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| into your web pages. There are
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| | marketing? GIS Latitude and Longitude
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| approximately 200 satellites currently
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| | co-ordinates will soon be a must have on
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| orbiting the Earth. (even Nasa won't
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| | every web site operators and web
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| confirm the exact number) Some are in
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| | developer's list and an absolute
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| geosynchronous or geostationary orbit
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| | necessity for anyone wishing to trade
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| 27,000 miles above your head. The Global
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| | good and services via the Internet. This
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| Positioning System (GPS) is the name
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| | data may relate to the physical location
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| given to the mechanism of providing
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| | of the web site or where the site is
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| satellite ephemerides ("orbits") data to
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| | being served from (if applicable) or
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| the general public, under the auspices of
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| | where the actual business represented by
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| the International Earth Rotation Service
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| | the site is physically located. There may
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| Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF).
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| | be multiple web site locations and coding
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| Sounds like Star Wars doesn't it? It's
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| | involved, if for example, you have a
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| pretty close. The NAVSTAR GPS system is a
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| | franchise with multiple locations, each
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| satellite-based radio-navigation system
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| | location will probably need a page of
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| developed and operated by the U.S.
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| | it's own with the correct corresponding
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| Department of Defense (DOD).The NAVSTAR
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| | location data.If you run a home-based
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| system permits land, sea, and airborne
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| | business, I doubt if the co-ordinates to
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| users to determine their
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| | your living room are going to be
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| three-dimensional position, velocity, 24
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| | necessary, but you should provide the
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| hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in
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| | latitude and longitude of the closest
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| the world, with amazing precision.
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| | city or town. Large corporations such as
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| devices, WAP, Cellular, SATphones and a
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| | banks may want to code the exact location
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| whole host of newly emerging appliances
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| | of every automated teller machine across
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| and indeed, new software applications,
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| | the country.Industry standards and the
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| will all utilize some form of GPS or more
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| | methods of serving out this data are
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| likely GIS data retrieval. GIS stand for
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| | still in the development phases but it's
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| Geographic Information System and relies
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| | a safe bet to assume there are plenty of
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| on exact Latitude and Longitude
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| | people working on the solutions right now
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| coordinates for location purposes.Several
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| | and given the speed of technology,
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| car manufacturers currently utilize GPS
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| | implementation will probably be much
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| for on-board driver assistance and the
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| | sooner than later. Give yourself an edge.
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| Marine and Trucking Industries have been
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| | Find out where in the world your web site
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| using it for years. Obviously your web
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| | is...before your web site is nowhere to
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| site is a stable beast. It sits on a
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| | be found.
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