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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

Reporter Cameron Beach explores the advantages and some reservations<\/a> about a data source that people moving around town may unknowingly help produce.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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