GoogleMaps Mobile ver 2.0 Now Available

[02840]

Hadn't seen this posted yet. Includes a "My Location" feature that's supposed to work without GPS.

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. Watch the video on the right to see how it works.

Press "0" and look for the blue dot: or

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 (as shown on the right) to indicate uncertainty about your location.

Why the uncertainty? The My Location feature takes information broadcast from mobile towers near you to approximate your current location on the map - it's not GPS, but it comes pretty close (approximately 1000m close, on average). We're still in beta, but we're excited to launch this feature and are constantly working to improve our coverage and accuracy.

The My Location feature is available for most web-enabled mobile phones, including Java, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Nokia/Symbian devices.

http://www.google.com/gmm/index.html

[Mustang46L]

My Location doesn't seem to be working on my HTC Touch.

[TMB_XV6700]

I get "Your current location is temporarily unavailable". Looks like not all towers are talking to Google. If anyone on the Verizon network actually gets the tower-based location to work, please post.

[diomark]

doesn't work for sprint/htc touch
-mark

[omegax]

not on my mogul either. But Its a beta... we can hope right?

[jamesus]

This is a limited release beta and the My Location feature will only work on selected Windows Mobile phones...looks like the Mogul and Touch weren't selected...

[diomark]

It might need that gps upgrade firmware that sprint keeps talking about before working...

[iwillfearnoevil]

no luck for me on my sprint mogul

Is My Location (beta) available for my device?



At this time, My Location (beta) is available for these devices:

• BlackBerry devices
• Some recent Motorola devices
• Some recent Sony Ericsson devices
• Many Windows Mobile devices
• Nokia Series 60 3rd Edition devices

If you have a Java-enabled (J2ME) device, BlackBerry or Windows Mobile device, you can easily check whether or not My Location (beta) is available. Just to go "Help" > "About" from the application. If the box contains "myl: N/A," it means your device isn't reporting a cell.

[qwho]

Same here on my Mogul. It says temporarily... maybe it will work soon? hehe

[saqer]

how is it supposed to find location? If it's going to triangulate, expect to get knocked off like more than 15 miles or something.