New ELI 7 Things... Brief Explores Geolocation

Created by Peggy Kurkowski (EDUCAUSE) on August 29, 2008

Geolocation, also called geotagging, is the practice of associating a digital resource with a physical location. A photographer, for example, might include the longitude and latitude coordinates for where a picture was taken, allowing others to pinpoint that location on a map.

The 7 Things You Should Know About Geolocation, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative’s (ELI) latest brief in the monthly series, examines how geolocation is increasingly being applied to infrastructure components and end-user devices for the purpose of knowing where people are. This additional layer of location data can make resources much more useful to a broad range of users.

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		New ELI 7 Things... Brief Explores Geolocation Created by Peggy Kurkowski (EDUCAUSE) on August 29, 2008 Geolocation, also called geotagging, is the practice of associating a digital resource with a physical location. A photographer, for example, might include the longitude and latitude coordinates for where a picture was taken, allowing others to pinpoint that location on a map. The 7 Things You Should Know About Geolocation, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative’s (ELI) latest brief in the monthly series, examines how geolocation is increasingly being applied to infrastructure components and end-user devices for the purpose of knowing where people are. This additional layer of location data can make resources much more useful to a broad range of users. Browse the complete 7 Things You Should Know About… monthly series. EDUCAUSE News \| 7 Things You Should Know About \| digital resources \| EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative \| ELI \| geolocation Peggy's blog Login or register to post comments 334 reads
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