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May 2, 2008 Aaron Nelsen, iPhone, iPod touch, News, Skyhook

19 days to Skyhook

Looks like I complained a little too soon, Skyhook actually added my AP to their database and it now shows up on Maps. Seems like 19 days is the magic number.

cat commit ./19-days-to-skyhook

April 30, 2008 Aaron Nelsen, iPhone, iPod touch, News, Skyhook

Skyhook Shows No Love

On the 12th of April I’d posted on how to submit your AP to Skyhook Wireless (the folks behind the iPod touch/iPhone’s ability to plot your location based off available APs). Well, 18 days later and still no sign of being added to their database. I feel so cheated… Okay, not really.

cat commit ./skyhook-shows-no-love

April 12, 2008 Aaron Nelsen, Apple, Google Maps, iPhone, iPod touch, News, Skyhook

Improve Google Maps on the iPod touch/iPhone

This mostly applies to the iPod touch seeing as the iPhone also has cell towers to rely on, but apparently Skyhook has setup a page for users to submit their access points. No word on how quickly they’re added to the database, or if they even actually make it in, but it at least makes…

cat commit ./improve-google-maps-on-the-ipod-touch-iphone
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