Locative Media describes a set of location-based technologies – wireless, surveillance, tracking and positioning technologies – that enable information to be tied to geographical space. These include Global Positioning Systems (GPS), mobile phones, wireless laptops, bluetooth, wireless networks and RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), WiFi1 and Global Systems for Mobile Communications (GSM); these enable people to locate themselves and others within geographical space, while also attaching information to geographical positions (by using the longitude and latitude received from the GPS device). (see source)
Most modern mobile devices as well as having location aware capabilities are also able to access the Internet, allowing information to be stored and retrieved from remote databases. The mass proliferation of these technologies has rendered them almost ubiquitous. (see source)
The following videos have been selected to illustrate the common fears regarding locative media applications and implementations, loss of privacy being the main concern. Nowadays even cellphones have integrated GPS receivers with map-view capabilites to determine one's location.
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