Resumen
Universal deployment of Global Positioning System (GPS) will significantly influence various levels of Internet protocols, starting at the network layer and going all the way to the application layer. Several approaches to geographic routing through GloMo program of DARPA are currently being implemented. When it comes to service discovery based on location and distance, it is assumed that the location service will someday be as universal as the date service is today. Maps with users' current locations will be as routine as docks on computer screens today. And location functions will be bound not only to the GPS but to other location-providing devices, including radio beacons and location servers. The result could be that location is provided in areas where GPS works today, so the inside of buildings would be part of the future Application Programming Interface, just as the date is today. Programmers would be able to write applications triggered by changes of location or using location and distance as Web search criteria.