ePosition: A New Way to Store/Retrieve Location Information

I read this article from ZDnet Korea twice before I went to the homepage of the company behind it to confirm “I got it.” That comany, GG21(http://www.egosio.com/), alas has a Korean website.

So, here’s what I understand. The company offers a new way to “search for” location via the ‘Net. You use a sort of geospatial e-mail address of the form UserID#domain. So, I might me Adena#directionsmag.com. See for example, the ZDNet example screenshot based on Google Maps.

The infrastructure behind ePosition?  There needs to be an ePosition search box (from your favorite engine, perhaps?) and your location needs to be registered on an ePosition server on the ‘Net. And, I guess that position might change for mobile entities, like people or not, for stationary objects, like buildings. And, I guess developers could use that location information to offer location-based services/searches. The article claims that the system overcomes the lack of interoperability between servers (not sure I follow that).

Exactly how the location is registered is unclear. So too is which organization are going to offer such search tools. And, of course, there are privacy issues. If anyone can shed further light, it’d be appreciated!

Fujitsu GPS/RFID in One

Engadget highlights the new Tag Locator V2 GPS/RFID in one meant to track objects indoors and out in places like garages and aiports. At about $170 each, they are not cheap, but the 200 meter delivery of RFID data and GPS location is apparently a big deal. I had to read a few articles to get the point, but it seems to be the delivery of GPS enable location data via a traditional RFID active tag/receiver. I guess that’s better (more accurate, more secure and more consistent?) than say, sending it via cell phone connection?