Open LocationBeing Digital, June 9th, 2009

Gary Gale, Yahoo! Geo Technologies

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The Internet is geographic …

Caveman 92223 on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/caveman_92223/3185534518/

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… servers in Seoul …

Xoxoryan on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/xoxoryan/375420583/

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… serve content on San Francisco …

Agrinberg on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/agrinberg/3246084389/

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… to users in London …

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“Where am I?”

Alexanderdrachmann on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/drachmann/327122302/

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Location enabled mobile devices …

Gothick_matt on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt_gibson/2180312914/

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Open Location debuts at Where 2.0

Maitri on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/maitri/3549476413/

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It’s about the data

Sigizmund on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/sigizmund/3237656742/

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Locations get in but they don’t get out …

Erik98122 on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/erik98122/2238339566/

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Open ownership, control and exchange …

Mag3737 on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/mag3737/1914076277/

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Open ownership …

Wiccked on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiccked/133164205/

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Open control …

Takomabibelot on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/takomabibelot/234378625/

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Open exchange …

Sashafatcat on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/sashafatcat/3007623878/

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Not everyone believes in open location …

Thetruthabout on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/thetruthabout/2666006019/

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Thank you for listening …

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