iPhone Location Data Could Be Useful

With all that fuss about location services and invasion of privacy and etc why not turn that around and make a good thing out of it? Why not contribute to the study of the human species to epidemiology?

Simply download the Open Path software to your computer which can be either Windows or Mac and you can upload your data and share demographical information.

“With openpaths, you can preserve your iPhone or iPad’s location information as well as visualize where you’ve been. You can even download your data in CSV and JSON format so you can remix it and use it in your own projects. What’s more, openpaths allows you to securely and anonymously donate your data to researchers who could use it to study mobility, transportation, land use, epidemiology, and overall make the world a better place.”