On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Bevan Slattery <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Bevan.Slattery@staff.pipenetworks.com">Bevan.Slattery@staff.pipenetworks.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
First, grabbing such information isn't so they can use it to create a<br>
geo-reference.</blockquote><div><br><br>That is precisely what they are using it for.  They even have released products that make use of this data, as do several other vendors.<br><br><a href="http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2008/10/google-gears-enhances-geolocation-with-wifi-positioning.ars">http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2008/10/google-gears-enhances-geolocation-with-wifi-positioning.ars</a><br>
<br>  Scott.<br></div></div><br>