Recently I installed Google mobile maps on my Nokia N73 phone. The application is working perfectly on my handset. Its my location feature is amazing.. Most of the times it gives an approximate location with in 300 meters radius for me in Hyderabad. Google uses mobile cell identification and GPS data to calculate the approximate location of the user in a non GPS mobile phone. It gives accurate results where the density of cell towers is high.. Its accuracy loses when we move out of the city. Initially I was doubted whether "My location" works in India as Google says, it's available only in twenty countries. Any way this is another innovative move from google...something never thought by anyone...Enabling GPS like functionality on a non GPS device free of cost..!!
[Screen shot of google maps showing "my location" on my non GPS mobile. . blue dot surrounded by a light blue circle indicates uncertainty about my location..Right is the Zoomed one]
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