Mobile device firm Locatorz has launched a new person-location service using the Ordnance Survey's (OS) OpenSpace platform. The new system has an accuracy of 10 metres. Skip related content
Ordnance Survey sales and marketing development director James Brayshaw said: "Using OS OpenSpace means Pro Locatorz has the perfect online solution to allow users to locate the whereabouts of their selected people.
The system uses a mobile phone device called Locatorz, which sends a GPS signal over a GSM connection to one of Locatorz' servers. Using the signal, Locatorz sends back a viewable, secure webpage with the person's location plotted.
OS OpenSpace Pro can use high-volume and commercial websites, adding to the standard version of OS OpenSpace, a free online mapping application for community groups and web developers.
Locatorz claims its service is: "The first fully commercial application to use OS OpenSpace Pro." It allows smooth panning and zooming to locate colleagues, friends, and relatives.
Locatorz chief executive Guy Norgrove said: OS OpenSpace has provided us with a fantastic platform for users to accurately locate people to within 10 metres.
