Google has quietly released a new version of Google Maps Mobile with a nifty new feature that lets you pinpoint your location without a GPS device.
My Location uses the relative position of your phone to the nearest cell transmitters to triangulate your position and display it on a Google Map view.
Granted, when I tried it it could only ‘pinpoint’ my location to within 1700 metres (about a mile) so it is perhaps most useful to people who have blacked out and woken up in a strange landscape with absolutely no clue where they are.
Actually, given that this is the Christmas party season, perhaps Google are on to something after all?
Google Maps with My Location will run on Blackberry, Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 devices.
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