Mozilla releases a technology that helps websites detect the Physical location of computers using Firefox browser.

Firefox Soon Will Help Websites detect Computer Locations.

This new technology will help users find locations such as Re-fueling stations, restaurants, Hospitals etc. when traveled to new towns.

This new project is named as “Geode”. It uses a W3C geolocation technology of version 3.1 Firefox. It is still an experimental project, but if implemented Firefox Soon Will Help Websites detect Computer Locations. successfully, it will be of great use to users.

Skyhook is the firm that has made this new technology. It figures out a computer’s location from a nearby wireless network. It is called a Loki system which determines with an accuracy of 10 to 20 metres within few seconds of the hit of the button.

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Mozilla claims that Geode will have a range of different applications.

Mozilla is still working on Geode specifics, and are not sure if one or two or more selectable service providers would provide the information such as GPS-based, WiFi based or manual entries.

Users can use this release with beta releases of Firefox 3.1 and alpha releases of Fennec.

Any person having a WiFi laptop can use this technology for the time being. With Mozilla Geode, when a website would request your loca Firefox Soon Will Help Websites detect Computer Locations.tion a notification bar will ask about the information you want to furnish to that site. You can even deny giving any information, so Mozilla seems to have kept the privacy factor intact.

The current service provider is Skyhook, so for sometime both locations and IP information will be sent to them.

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Users can download Geode from the below given URL :

https://people.mozilla.com/%7Edolske/dist/geode/geode-latest.xpi