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Geosense brings GPS-free location awareness to Windows 7
Enter Geosense, a free download for Windows 7 which allows you to activate location awareness on your system without the need for GPS hardware.
Once it's installed, you'll be able to make use of geolocation features in various apps. Granted, the list is pretty short right now. The Geosense site only mentions MahTweets (a Twitter client), their own Google Maps demo app, and the built-in weather gadget in Windows 7.
Geosense works nicely, and I can't wait for location-aware apps to do things like automatically switch my default printer when I cart my laptop from home to work. Hopefully this will give app developers a kick in the pants and we'll see some more cool apps soon.
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Subscribe to commentsfoSRonMar 1st 2010 1:31PM
Mhm, i have a good GPS device, called Nokia 5800, connected to my pc, and i haven't found a way to use it as a location sensor ... Developers aren't using the possibilities they have :) And people are left off, too ...
AnthonyMar 1st 2010 3:11PM
I know! I have a MotoRAZR2 V9x and I've been trying to figure out a way to use its built-in AGPS as a GPS receiver so I don't have to go out and buy one.
TynenMar 1st 2010 2:50PM
", and I can't wait for location-aware apps to do things like automatically switch my default printer when I cart my laptop from home to work. "
That functionality is already built into windows 7.
http://weblogs.asp.net/lkempe/archive/2009/08/24/set-default-printer-per-network-on-windows-7.aspx