Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Google Maps 2.0 with My Location Released
Posted by Darius Wey in "SOFTWARE" @ 08:36 PM
"If you have a GPS-enabled device, this blue dot corresponds to your GPS location. At times, or if you do not have a GPS-enabled phone, you might see the blue dot surrounded by a light blue circle (as shown on the right) to indicate uncertainty about your location. Why the uncertainty? The My Location feature takes information broadcast from mobile towers near you to approximate your current location on the map - it's not GPS, but it comes pretty close (approximately 1000m close, on average). We're still in beta, but we're excited to launch this feature and are constantly working to improve our coverage and accuracy. The My Location feature is available for most web-enabled mobile phones, including Java, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Nokia/Symbian devices."
Google has updated its mobile Maps offering to 2.0 with support for My Location, a positioning feature that works without the aid of GPS. There's also enhanced support for numeric keypad navigation and noticeable speed improvements. All in all, a worthy update and one that you can download immediately by pointing your mobile browser to www.google.com/gmm.
Google has updated its mobile Maps offering to 2.0 with support for My Location, a positioning feature that works without the aid of GPS. There's also enhanced support for numeric keypad navigation and noticeable speed improvements. All in all, a worthy update and one that you can download immediately by pointing your mobile browser to www.google.com/gmm.
