Remember Skyhook? The people who helped Apple put a little location-sensing inside the v.1 iPhone?
Well, hot on the heels of the most recent Apple mobile, Skyhook has introduced XPS 2.0, its next-generation hybrid positioning system that combines signals from Wi-Fi access points, GPS satellites and - now - cell towers to deliver location data for mobile handsets (such as the)
The company insists it is offering the most advanced positioning system in the world by combining its positioning algorithms with comprehensive environment survey data.
The original version of XPS delivered "multi-mode" location switching between WPS and GPS readings based on availability and error estimates. XPS 2.0 combines raw Wi-Fi, GPS and cell tower readings to produce a single hybrid calculation. In the most difficult indoor and urban environme
