If you have an older - non GPS enabled - phone, Google Maps Mobile has a handy alternative in the form of My Location.
My Location uses cellphone radio mast positions to triangulate and work out your rough location. Until now it has only been able to give a rough (within just under a mile) approximation but Google has just released an updated version of Google Maps Mobile that it claims is much more accurate.
The software now makes better use of relative signal strengths and - in areas with more masts - will use this info to pinpint you even more closely.
Google Maps Mobile is a free download, although you will be using your mobile plan’s data allowance.
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.
If you have an older - non GPS enabled - phone, Google Maps Mobile has a handy alternative in the form of My Location.
