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Post by suemer Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:57 pm

Q. What is Locatik? Can I have it?
Locatik is a free service which allows you to display your current
position and share it with your friends. The service consists of two fundamental
elements. First of which is a small phone application you will be asked
to install on your device after registering on the Locatik web site,
which in turn is the second element. The phone application sends your
current position to Locatik servers (in the form of tiny reports we
call Tiks) however only when you want it to do so. This information can
be then viewed on the web at Locatik
(Read on further down for more information on how we resolved privacy
issues). We currently support only Nokia Nseries and Eseries devices.
The great thing is however, that you don't have to have a GPS phone to
precisely define your location. You can use an external GPS receiver
with Bluetooth to transmit your position. Even better yet, you don't
need GPS at all! We have used complex mathematical algorithms to aid in
determining your position based on previous appearances of GPS devices
in your area. The more of them passed in your vicinity in the past, the
more accurate your results will be. Another accuracy factor is the
cellular network itself, so the accuracy of your position may vary. In
a well mapped urban area it shouldn't be more than 100m.

Q. I'm a beta tester, what should I know?
The for the private beta period only GPS enabled devices are allowed to take part, this includes the following handsets: Nokia N95,
Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N82, Nokia E90 and the Nokia 6110 Navigator. We
determine your location based on either your position in the cellular
network or your GPS data. Since at the launch of this service we have
no idea where the individual base stations
in the world are you need to switch on your phone GPS for us to display
your position. This also helps us build a location database so that
later on sans GPS users can display their position on the network info.
However GPS data will always be more accurate, so keep your GPS on for
more accurate positioning.

Q. OK, I desperately need it! What now?
To start using Locatik, you first of all need to Sign Up. However Locatik is currently in private beta mode,
so we're invitation only at the moment. If you got an invitation e-mail
from us, you can go to the Signup page straight away. Otherwise, if you
have a compatible GPS phone (or a compatible phone with an external
Bluetooth for that matter) and you feel that you could contribute to
Locatik, leave us a note.

After successfully signing up you will receive an e-mail with an
activation link, which will lead you to the final step of setting your
account up. This is where you will download the phone software. After
you're done with the installation of the Locatik application on your
phone, you can start sending Tiks (tiny reports containing your current
position). To see your position go to: Locatik.
Remember that sending Tiks requires you to use your phone's data
connection. Unless you have a flat rate data tariff or are using WiFi,
sending Tiks may significantly raise your phone bill. Make sure you
check with your mobile phone operator on your data prices.

Q. Where can I get the phone application?
If you accidentally uninstalled the application from your phone, have a
new phone or just want to check for an update, remember that you can
always grab the latest Locatik application from m.locatik.com whether
using your PC browser or directly from your mobile phone. After the
installation you may be asked for your personal AuthKey.



If you can't remember your AuthKey, check in your e-mail for an
invitation letter from locatik. The AuthKey is also available in the
Preferences page page after you login.

Q. What's a Tik?
Tik is the name we give to the piece of information you send using your
phone. It is in this piece that information concerning your location is
contained. We named them Tiks, because of their minute nature. For
example if you are sending GPS reports periodically every 2 hours, then
we are looking at Tik sizes of around 8 kB. If you're not using GPS
this figure will be obviously smaller.

Q. Public, Friends and Off...what's that about?
Privacy. We care about your privacy. Therefore there are a number of
modes of sharing your location information. First and probably the most
obvious of all is the Public mode. When you're in Public mode everyone
can go to Locatik
and (knowing your username) can see where you were at the moment of
sending the last report. This information will be accessible to all
users of the Internet, not only registered users of Locatik.

Then there's the Friends mode. When you set the Location Sharing to
Friends on your phone, the next report you send will only be visible to
the people you have on your Friends List on the web site. Unlike with
the Public setting, your friends need to be registered users of Locatik
to see you in Friends mode. The last position you sent in Public mode
will however be available for everyone to see along with the time and
date of the last public Tik.

Last, but not least is the Off setting. It is there for you, when you
feel like you don't want to share your location with anyone at the
moment. When chosen this option completely turns off part of the
application responsible for collecting information on your location, so
that no one is able to see your current position. Again your last Tik
sent in Private mode will be visible to your friends along with the
annotation of time at which it was sent.

Q. What about the Friends Tab?
The Friends Tab is something we introduced in version 0.91 of Locatik.
In Fact it’s something more than just a Tab, it’s a whole new feature.
In the Friends Tab you can see all the people who accepted your friend
request invitation sent via the web page. Whenever you send a Tik from
your phone our server will answer back with an update of your friends
list. This way you can see how far away your friends are from you as
well as the amount of time that passed since they were seen at that
location. Over time your list might grow to something like this:




Q. How do I add my friends to Locatik?
First of all, your friends need to have an activated account on
Locatik, but that's pretty obvious. You need to know their username.
Once you know that, you need to enter their username in the address bar
of your PC browser (adding friends works only via PC) in the following
form: Locatik.
Your friend will now appear in the friends & favorites on the
second position just below you. You now have two choices, you can add
him to the list as a favorite or as a friend (both icons are provided).
If the latter is chosen a notification request will be sent to your
friend informing that you want to add him as your friend. Now all you
can do is to wait for the other person to make up their mind.

Q. What are the changes in the 0.91 version?
The following changes have been made to the 0.91 mobile client:

Tik Sending: Just below the Manual option, we have added Reuse
Connection. When this option is chosen, Locatik will send a Tik only
when it detects that a data connection has been opened by the user (or
that another application has opened it). This may prove useful to you
if you don't have a flat-rate data plan and your mobile services
provider is charging you per every e.g. 100KB sent.

Send While Stationary: If standing in a traffic jam or sleeping at
night your position obviously doesn't change, therefore you may not
want to be sending Tiks, and only inform others when you actually
change your position. If using GPS to share your location, Locatik will
understand that you have moved when you travel 150 metres, if your GPS
is turned off then this distance may be much larger, depending on your
mobile operator. In summary Yes always sends Tiks, No waits until you
move.

Send While Roaming: Well this isn't exactly a new option, but it has
been tweaked considerably to support MVNOs (Mobile Virtual Network
Operators).

We have also added one feature that isn't so obvious to see - Friends
Discovery. Adding your friends to Locatik can be sometimes hard if you
don't have have a clue what the other persons Locatik username is.
Friends Discovery eliminates this problem, by scanning your phonebook
contacts and checking if they are in Locatik's database. Those contacts
are then displayed on your mobile phone letting you decide which ones
you want to send friend requests to. All in just three steps.












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