In computing, Internet geolocation is software capable of deducing the geographic position of a device connected to the Internet. For example, the device's...
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The W3C Geolocation API is an effort by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to standardize an interface to retrieve the geographical location information...
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Geopositioning (redirect from Geolocation)
determination of geographic positions in general; internet geolocation, geolocating a device connected to the internet; and mobile phone tracking. Geopositioning...
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IP address blocking (category Internet security)
example, syndicating content to a specific region through the use of Internet geolocation. IP address blocking can be implemented with a hosts file (e.g.,...
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Dark web (redirect from Internet beneath the Internet)
Due to the high level of encryption, websites are not able to track geolocation and IP of their users, and users are not able to get this information...
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Find My (category Internet geolocation)
Find My is an asset tracking service made by Apple Inc. that enables users to track the location of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS devices, AirPods, AirTags...
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Local search is the use of specialized Internet search engines that allow users to submit geographically constrained searches against a structured database...
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to become a LIR. Country code top-level domain Geolocation software Internet governance National Internet registry "About the NRO". Number Resource Organization...
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Geo-blocking (category Internet censorship)
Internet content based upon the user's geographical location. In a geo-blocking scheme, the user's location is determined using Internet geolocation techniques...
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Find My Phone (category Internet geolocation)
can find the approximate location of the phone if switched on, over the Internet, or by the phone sending e-mail or SMS text messages. This helps to locate...
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where Earth's equator meets the Greenwich Meridian MaxMind, an Internet geolocation company that by default set 600 million IP addresses to a farmhouse...
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Mozilla Location Service (category Internet geolocation)
Mozilla Location Service (MLS) was an open geolocation service that allowed devices to find their position by processing received signals of publicly...
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Location-based recommendation (category Internet geolocation)
Location-based recommendation is a recommender system that incorporates location information, such as that from a mobile device, into algorithms to attempt...
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based in Malden, Massachusetts, United States. The company sells IP geolocation and other IP address related data under the GeoIP brand. In 2004, MaxMind...
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Spoofing attack (redirect from Geolocation spoofing)
type of geolocation spoofing is also referred to as geo-piracy, since the user is illicitly accessing copyrighted materials via geolocation spoofing...
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MAC address anonymization (category Internet geolocation)
MAC address anonymization performs a one-way function on a MAC address so that the result may be used in tracking systems for reporting and the general...
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Wi-Fi positioning system (category Internet geolocation)
Wi-Fi positioning system (WPS, WiPS or WFPS) is a geolocation system that uses the characteristics of nearby Wi‑Fi access points to discover where a device...
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RIPE NCC region. Country code top-level domain Internet geolocation Internet governance Local Internet registry "RIPE NCC - Regional". 2010-11-28. Archived...
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Spatial cloaking (category Internet geolocation)
1109/TPAMI.2016.2577031. PMID 27295650. S2CID 10328909. "PlaNet - Photo Geolocation with Convolutional Neural Networks | Request PDF". ResearchGate. Archived...
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IP address (redirect from Internet protocol address)
host may use geolocation to deduce the geographic position of its communicating peer. This is typically done by retrieving geolocation info about the...
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Technology Development team and on very early versions of the Fire Eagle Internet geolocation service. After Yahoo! he worked as a consultant on OpenID and web...
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Location inference (category Internet geolocation)
Location inference is the method of identifying the location profiles of users on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook from their message...
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Location obfuscation (category Internet geolocation)
Location obfuscation is a technique used in location-based services or information systems to protect the location of the users by slightly altering, substituting...
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Allowing an employee to clock in & out only when they are within an internet geolocation. Facial recognition systems are also available with these app based...
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analysis GeoIP filtering Captive Portal The IPFire Project built a free Internet geolocation database published under the Creative Commons license. It is being...
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LocationSmart (category Internet geolocation)
LocationSmart, originally called TechnoCom Location Platform, is a location-as-a-service (LaaS) company based in Carlsbad, California, that provides location...
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Internet Explorer 9 or IE9 (officially Windows Internet Explorer 9) is the ninth major version of the Internet Explorer web browser for Windows. It was...
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software being presented as legitimate content. When using a smartphone, geolocation data may be compromised. In late 2007, Facebook launched the Beacon program...
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LOC record (category Internet geolocation)
N 0 7 39.612 W 0.00 List of DNS record types Geo (microformat) Geolocation Geolocation API ICBM address ISO 6709 Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates...
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Location search optimization (category Internet geolocation)
devices becoming the more prevalent way in which consumers access the Internet and search on the Web, LSO is about making content accessible and sharable...
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