Posted by axxxr
Cambridge scientists have developed photo recognition software that matches up pictures snapped from cameraphones to a database of building photographs on a remote server, helping the phone user determine where in the hell they are standing. Of course, at the moment it only works in a small area, but with location accuracy down to one meter, the developers hope to parlay their work into a commercial service. I have a similar service I have developed, wherein the user snaps a small image of a street sign, and I tell them on what corner they are standing.
More info here:
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994857
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