Skyhook positioning support for Android platform
Posted on January 14, 2009, under Google Android.
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Skyhook Wireless has updated its software developers kit (SDK) to add support for Android, the Open Handset Alliance operating system initially developed and still backed by Google. Skyhook offers a combination of WiFi, GPS, cellular tower, and sensor-based positioning data for determining approximate geographic coordinates and an error range.
While the first Android-based device, the T-Mobile G1, includes Wi-Fi, 3G, and GPS radios, part of what makes Android appealing is the low-level access to hardware that cellular handset makers typically restrict access to via hardware abstraction layers or higher-level application libraries.