Next Census to Use Handheld GPS Systems in US
In 2009 the Census Bureau is planning on using GPS technology to map the location of your front door, according to a recent NPR story. In the US, the Census Bureau is charged with the responsibility of taking a full census every 10 years. The idea of having 100,000 workers out there with GPS devices recording not only your household make-up, but your GPS coordinates may sound cool, but I would imagine that it will set off a huge privacy issue among the paranoid. Sounds a bit Big Brother-ish, eh? I say bring it on. They cite that they will be able to use this data in emergency planning and rescue services.
"They'll capture the latitude and longitude of the front door of every house, apartment and improvised shelter they find."
"Recent proposed budget cuts have put part of this plan in jeopardy. But if Congress restores the money, the census will end up with the geographic coordinates -- accurate to within 10 feet -- for about 110 million residences."
What I want to know is what model GPS are they going to use, and can I buy some stock in that company? The census will require 100,000 temporary workers, that's a lot of handheld GPS units.
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Posted by Scott Martin at August 4, 2006 9:50 AM
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