census to geotag your front door
May 10, 2009 gps navigation, misc news
Did you know that the 2010 census will be collecting GPS coordinates of every one of 110 million residence in the U.S.? To be more precise, the aforementioned data is probably already collected and will be used next year to help census workers get to your house. We even know what kind of gadget they’re going to use. It is a ‘data only’ device from Harris company – manufactured by HTC called HTC Census which integrates GPS, EVDO and WiFi connectivity as well as some sort of special census software.
What do you think about your name, address, and latitude longitude all linked to each other sitting in a government database?
How long does it take a drone plane to fly over to any part of the country to snap a centimeter resolution image of your house?
But do keep in mind this data has been available for a while. In fact there’s even an address geocoder available on the web. Just type in your address. … Read more about the controversy here.
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May 10th, 2009 at 10:44 am
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May 10th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
If your county has 911 then they already have name address latitude longitude.