Who needs GPS when there’s Google My Location?

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Google has released an updated version of Google Maps Mobile (2.0) that includes a “my location” feature in addition to the proven mapping goodness. The jerry rig GPS uses cell towers to approximate your positioning. I tried it on my Blackberry, and it was eight blocks off from my actual position — but still pretty good for my general vicinity. You’d be screwed in areas with zero cell phone service, but cool nonetheless. Here’s hoping accuracy increases once the application leaves beta.

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Photo credit: GigaOm

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Anonymous says...
November 28th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
Sweet!!! Can’t wait to try it out.

Mark
cort says...
November 28th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Just tried it out. I also like the smoother scrolling. There goes more of my privacy to Google!

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