Google's "My Location"
This nifty demo runs through the basics of My Location, a new service from Google now officially in Beta. Announced yesterday, it allows you to use Google Maps without having to type in your present location. If you have GPS, it immediately identifies your position. No GPS on your cell phone? Google triangulates your location based on nearby cell towers. This is a cool tool given that fewer than twenty percent of mobile phones have GPS (including Apple’s present iPhone!)
Doug
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Cool, I will give it a test drive tomorrow and let you know how it performs. My phone does NOT have GPS so it should be interesting.
If it works on the iPhone, I will be a happy camper.
Can't wait to try this! Google is taking over the world! Google rocks!
Have a Nextel from work with GPS. I will give this a try though.
Google Rules!
Clearly I am way behind the technology curve when it comes to mobile phones. This sounds real cool and quite handy. Maybe I'll look at a new phone this weekend for Christmas!