We at Skyhook have announced major upgrades to our SDK that make integrating Skyhook’s location technology into your application as easy as falling off a log. We’ve broadened platform support, made the SDK compatible with all GPS NMEA applications, improved accuracy, confidence estimation, and as always, have continued to expand our coverage area. Download the upgraded SDK for free here.
The SDK now supports Vista, Mac OS X, Symbian and Linux in addition to already supported Windows XP, Mobile, and CE. We’ve also broadened our coverage area, to 19 million access points and 70% of the US, Canadian and Australian populations. We’ve got London, Barcelona, and Amsterdam covered in Europe so far, and plan to have all major cities in Europe covered by the end of ‘07. Cross-platform and cross-continents, now you can deploy the SDK on nearly any application, on nearly any device, nearly anywhere in the world you want.

The upgraded SDK also provides developers with the ability to deploy location on a whole new class of devices. WPS can now be deployed in autonomous mode with little or no network connectivity. This is ideal for devices with only periodic connectivity, like PMPs, gaming devices, and PNDs. In addition, velocity estimation, key for accuracy in navigation, has been improved by almost 50%.

Highly accurate confidence estimation that gives developers control over how location information is displayed in their application is also now included. And if your application is GPS NMEA compatible, you can integrate the SDK with no additional work required whatsoever.

We can’t wait to see what you develop and give away the sweetest handsets around, so find out more and download the SDK rightthissecond.