Information Madness

Google is known for doing some cool stuff from the begining. They were the first one who launched this coolest mapping solution, Gmail and much more. They were the ones who launched free mobile maps. And if you have GPS in your phone, you can basically use your mobile as a navigation system.

 

But wait a minute, what if you don't have a GPS in your mobile but you have GPS enabled device or no GPS at all? Here is the good news, Google mobile maps has launched new feature called My Location in Beta. Now you can See your location on the map, with or without GPS. Save time and tedious keystrokes finding where you are, what's around you, and how to get there.

 

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 to indicate uncertainty about your location. 

 

 

 

I have used Google mobile maps during my recent vacation and it was fantastic. I just updated google maps which has My Location feature. For some reason, when I press "0" to check my location in google maps, it can not find it. It says "your current location is temporarily unavailable". Though My Location feature is available for most web-enabled mobile phones, including Java, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, and Nokia/Symbian devices, I have Motorola Q and it's now showing up. Hmm.. might report a bug.

 

Google is keep updating their mapping tiles for more and more coutries day by day. Recently google maps updated Search Local Businesses/Point. Google has just created a spreadsheet where you can find out how many countries have detailed maps and what countries are still waiting for their detailed mapping tiles.