Comments on: Google Mobile Maps PinPoints Your Location Without GPS

By: Sreerag

Sreerag — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:36:54 +0000

I used to use the ‘My Location(0)’ functionality in Google Mobile Maps in my Sony K810i phone. But recently i had to re-install the application and now i am getting the error ‘Your current location is temporarily unavailable’ on clicking 0

By: J Doe

J Doe — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:59:59 +0000

Hey, sorry but can I go techy ?

How is this implemented ? Is it a special API on Blackberry used by GMaps that provides the Cells measures and then sent back to Google for location calculation ?
then on which devices does it work ? I mean other than (future) androids ?
thks,
pierre

By: WIllie

WIllie — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:28:18 +0000

where can i find a way to use triangulation for cellphone

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By: reuben

reuben — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:01:38 +0000

when is technology going to stop? now women are going to jump on google and track there husbands down as soon as they leave the house. its going to cause alot of break ups.

thanks google your so kind…

By: Abhishek

Abhishek — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:38:44 +0000

Hi,

I am going to use Google map with My location technology in my mobile phone. I want to know that can i share my location information with my friends and family ? And i also want to know that can i modify this location information before send ?

Thanks With Regards

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By: Leana Rogers

Leana Rogers — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:14:10 +0000

WTF. I already know where I am. What I want to know is where my husband is. I have my guesses.

By: Juan

Juan — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:38:09 +0000

Hi everyone.

A few days ago, I was surfing the web and I found out a project that works over most mobile phones which lets you know where your friends are in real time and update your status in twitter. It´s called Dimdix.

On their website they say you don´t need a GPS system to detect your location. Does anyone know how this works?

I´m using a Motorola L7 and amazingly it detected my location.

I cannot stop thinking of all the things I could do with it.

If anyone wants to take a look you can go http://www.dimdix.com

Thanks,

Regards,

Juan

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By: Breckenridge Realtor

Breckenridge Realtor — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:01:17 +0000

Great, if only that can be integrated into the iPhone then I will never have to order another DVD for my car’s gps system. Otherwise my next phone is going to be a sony ericsson.

By: abhi

abhi — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:10:46 +0000

hey…its working on mah sony ericsson phone….my model is w200i
kya kkaru??

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By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:26:34 +0000

Didn’t work for me. It was 180 miles off, showing a point in the Dallas area when I live in Abilene, TX. Maybe it only works in big cities.

By: jorge whorehay

jorge whorehay — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:01:53 +0000

damn you google

old version V1.2.0.9 also on my treo 650.

what’s up with that?

since only 15% of mobile phones are blackberries, how about you get this thing worked out for the palm bretheren?

By: Mazzachre

Mazzachre — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:38:04 +0000

Now where is the function to track other people realtime??

I mean I would really like to track my girlfriends movements so I can check up on her all the time…

And to see when my boss moves from his office, so I can change programs to look effective…

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By: David Baxter

David Baxter — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:52:41 +0000

There was a recent presentation by a senior technical guy at either Ericsson or Nokia (Scandinavian handset company but can’t recall which one ) which showed that GPS actually only work less than 5% of the time for the typical user, because it requires line of sight to three satellites. Since cell phones typically spend significant amounts of time (with their owners) in buildings or in their owner’s pockets, then GPS is pretty much ineffective.

But wait – you say that if you take it out of your pocket you can find out your location. That’s certainly true, but it takes about 80 seconds from start-up to complete a triangulation. Not many people have that patience to find out where they are. Of course you always can shave a few seconds off this process, by keeping the GPS chip running, but then you have a major power drain issue.

This release by Google is seriously revolutionary. It opens the door to so many applications. I don’t need to know whether I’m 10 feet from the nearest Starbucks, I only need to know it’s within in a few blocks. Similarly I don’t need to know that my friend is standing behind me, I only need to know she’s within half a mile. For retail stores this is the closest thing to utopia. Finally bricks and mortar companies can leverage the internet/cellphone phenomenon because the location-vector has finally arrived!

Don’t get me wrong – GPS serves its purpose. For car navigation, vehicle tracking and cruise missiles it works like a champ. But you need to apply the right technology to the right problem.

And before you accuse me of being warm and fluffy, I’m not sitting on Google stock, nor have ever had any (idiot that I am!). I’ve been waiting for this capability for a long time and am just seriously impressed with how well this worked for me today on my non-GPS enabled Blackberry.

By: Troy

Troy — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:07:16 +0000

I’d love this on my iPhone as well, but, it’s an application that must be installed on the device, and right now, you can’t install apps on the iPhone. Unless of course you hack it (jailbreak). The launch of the iPhone SDK in spring 2008 should unleash a new world of iPhone applications, and I’m sure Google will give us their locater map app.

For those who may not understand, the information about where you are comes from your cell phone–your phone knows approximate distances to the towers it can “see”. So the Google app is installed on the phone and the phone hardware allows the app to use the information. Right now, iPhone does not let us do this. Soon, my friends. Soon.