Skyhook announced that it is incorporating GPS support into its geolocation service to get an even more accurate fix for location-based services. Until lately, Skyhook’s geolocation service, used on Apples iPhone and other mobile devices, has used Wi-Fi hot spots to obtain a fix. But for all of the benefits of Wi-Fi, it doesn’t work in rural areas where hot spots are few and far between. Now Skyhook has integrated GPS support into its technology, which will allow Skyhook to cover more ground with its geolocation service.

"Our technology works great in populated areas," said Ted Morgan, co-founder and CEO of Skyhook. "But on the open road it’s more difficult. Now with GPS integrated, iPhone users, for example, can get turn-by-turn navigation anywhere they go."

Details can be found in the press release at Skyhook Wireless.

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