Response from: John

FirstPartner has also done a similar map on the Messaging Industry (SMS, IM, etc) see:
http://www.firstpartner.net/public_research.htm

Response from: guglielmo

what is the business case behind this?
imagine virtual guide for visiting a museum or go shopping in a huge mall.
and what about the storage of goods in a huge parking and having the coordinates and the charasterics of the single item by a simple click, when you are near it!
i've beeen testing ekahau for two months and i,ve found really great.

Response from: TJ

Meanwhile I could understand the business case a bit better (http://www.tjacobi.com/archives/000208.html
). A tour guide for a museum is an interesting application. Although there might be some flaws with it as this article points out http://www.technologyreview.com/register/register.asp?w=a&jfdl=Tel&flb
bp=ar

ticles/pfeiffer0903.asp. However I have seen so many flashy gadgets for information for shoppers into malls, that have failed. I 'm not sure if this is a viable business. WiFi networks have usually a pretty small coverage area. For me it makes only limited sense to find out the location. But let's see ....