Google's at it again! Updates Google maps with "My Location"

Google's up to more good things now by updating their Google Maps application for mobile devices that now includes "My Location"

New! Google Maps with My Location (Beta)

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.

I hear you, what is "My Location?" Well, as you all know cell phones have to communicate with cell towers for you to make and receive phone calls. Google has enough map data know that they can triangulate your cell phone position based on the map position of those cell towers.

If you have a GPS enabled phone, this is child's play. But suppose you don't have GPS on your phone? Well, thanks to Google, you can now get an "approximation" of your exact location based on the signal sent to a particular cell tower.

Early reports are it is fairly accurate and will help out a great deal in getting you from point A to point B if you are sans GPS.

Check it out straight from Google here.

I've tried to get it working on my Motorola Q9h and seem to be having some problems enabling the "My Location" feature. It ain't working. Google Maps on my phone is working, but not the new feature. I'll keep fiddling with it and report back what happens.

via MSMobiles.com and Crackberry.com

Photo courtesy of MSMobiles.com And don't forget you really need to have the unlimited data plan since downloaded map files can get pretty large over the course of a month.

Comments

[Contributing Writer, Aaron J. Walker]

Well, looks like us Motorola Q9h owners are shut out of the latest Map update.

Everything else works but no "My Location."

Bummer.