{"id":780,"date":"2019-02-25T23:24:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T23:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/?page_id=780"},"modified":"2019-02-25T23:24:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T23:24:47","slug":"durham-transportation-study-using-location-data-people-may-not-know-they-help-create","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/durham-transportation-study-using-location-data-people-may-not-know-they-help-create\/","title":{"rendered":"Durham transportation study using location data people may not know they leave behind"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Durham transportation study is using location data harvested from smartphones and navigation devices.<\/span><\/p>\n Many owners of those devices are likely unaware that their movements create such data or that it is collected and sold to help a city eager to unclog its downtown.<\/span><\/p>\n Move Durham, funded with $400,000 in multiple grants, is contracting with StreetLight Data of California to buy data originating with GPS systems and potentially hundreds of smartphone apps, including weather, dating and exercise software.<\/span><\/p>\n