Thursday, January 3, 2008

On the road post: Google mobile maps

Today I'm posting from the car, so I thoght it would be good to describe something that helps on the go... Google maps mobile. After downloading and installing google maps mobile, you will see a GPS-like map. If you go into Options and change the map type to sattelite, you will see a google earth type view of the world. This would all be useless if it were not for the new MyLocation feature. if your phone has GPS... Then you will ee your exact location when you press "0" on you keypad. if your phone does not have GPS built in (dont worry, most phones dont), you will still be able to see your-location, although less accurately. This is achieved by triangulating your location based on the cell phone towers around you. google has a nice video explaining the specifics. I will post that later, when I get to a real computer.

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