First Great Western (FGW) announced on Tuesday it is cutting some announcements including one which tells passengers they cannot smoke, the location of standard and first class seating and 'mind the gap' at stations (where there is no gap).
This new wave of impromptu-activity apps will have to compete against the gold standard of location-based services: Foursquare, which is a free smartphone app that tells friends where you're hanging out.
Carriers using the GSM standard turned to TruePosition after the government mandated location technology for 911 calls and they were unable to achieve the accuracy they needed with a competing system developed by Ericsson and others.
Carriers using the GSM standard turned to TruePosition after the government mandated location technology for 911 calls and they were unable to achieve the accuracy they needed with a competing system developed by Ericsson and others, Salen said.
Before you are able to launch one of these apps, a standard dialog box will appear at the top of your screen (just like with geo-location apps) asking for specific (one-time) permission for this (and only this) site to access your camera that you can either allow or deny.