Google Street View are lawful

Since Google Street View was launched in Denmark in January, said Oluf Jorgensen, media lawyer at the Danish School of Journalism that the service violates the law because it has taken photographs of people who are on private land. In light of this he called on politicians to look at it.

The call was followed by Benny Engelbrecht (S), who would know how the Ministry of Justice looked at the case and yesterday struck Justice Brian Mikkelsen (K) so firmly that he believes Google breaking the law.

Photography or observation must be punishable under the provision would be 'unjust'.Brian Mikkelsen

Google Street View is only illegal if the photographed person feels aggrieved. The case has also been raised with the EU Commission, which has not yet taken up the matter.

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Start navigating your organization with GPS using your cellphone

According to a latest news from Wireless Week, American Automobile Association has started using GPS for navigating their organization using the mobile phone. The AAA has 50 million members and 24% of all households in the United States.

The association recently launched its AAA Mobile service on the Sprint network and expects to have it available through other carriers soon, according to Jeff Green, managing director of the association's location-based technology effort. The service uses the Networks in Motion platform and initially is available on nine GPS-enabled devices.

The service allows members to receive audible, turn-by-turn directions plus information from the AAA's database like ratings of hotels, restaurants and points of interest from its guidebooks. A click of a button sends the member's GPS location to a AAA representative for roadside assistance.

The service carries a $9.99 monthly subscription charge. AAA will promote the service to its members through its regular channels. Sprint apparently won't advertise it, since the carrier has its own white-label on-deck GPS service provided by TeleNav.

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