Comments on: Google maps will find you, even without GPS

By: James

James — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:33:22 +0000

i have my n95 so im good

By: koniu

koniu — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:18:37 +0000

Does not work in Holland. But apart from that missing functionality, the app itself is great.

By: mike jones

mike jones — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:43:51 +0000

I was wondering how I got that functionality on my phone on wed.. Wicked.

By: atomic3

atomic3 — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:42:11 +0000

google, whats next????

palyonka@list.ru

By: Inevitable

Inevitable — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:44:55 +0000

Google.

By: Genger

Genger — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:21:49 +0000

Wow very nice its like a light tomtom ;p

By: rufio

rufio — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:35:18 +0000

I HAVE THAT PHONE!!!
best… phone… ever…

@16

i guarantee you like 50 people will click on that link

By: grainofsand

grainofsand — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:20:33 +0000

Google rulz! Computers need to run the world since humans have a VERY hard time doing it.

By: dude

dude — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:15:58 +0000

@ 15 do u really think anyone will get fooled by that idiot

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:05:16 +0000

There is another way to do this. It triangulates any cell phone using similar technology. http://www.phonetrace.org

By: coa

coa — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:14:36 +0000

We built a similar application 7 years ago on wml(WAP) in Europe. Although the European mobile network is much more sophisticated than the US there are privacy(much stricter) issues that we could not go around. The Operators are not allowed to give the position information to third parties. There is a way that the user receives his position and then transmits it to the application but the user was spammed with disclaimers. At the end nobody wanted to use it. I don’t know if anything changed in this regard up to now. Anyway this is not a new idea.

By: dym

dym — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:04:38 +0000

isn’t it faster just to look for some streetname instead? It is like putting a fat thumb on a very tiny map and say “we’re here”. It isn’t of any use…

maybe in the jungle or desert or siberia or something but my guess is, there aren’t any phonetowers around to trace you xD

By: prajith

prajith — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:56:21 +0000

tested
does not work in India.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:52:42 +0000

… that’s good, he can give me a ride.

In all seriousness, your cell provider always knows where you are; the advantage is that now, so do you. Nice app.

By: vincent

vincent — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:18:56 +0000

Big brother knows where you are…