Thread: Google Maps on the phone with location-determination without GPS

Currently there are only a few smartphones equipped with a GPS system, which is difficult to navigate. To help on cell phones often assistance systems, also by triangulation to determine the location allow. Each mobile radio transmitter transmits its position with a mobile phone and since most of these devices with multiple contact, at least about the location can be calculated. This is now also Google Maps for mobile advantage.

blue circle after entering "0" on the map of GLM the current location of the mobile, and thus, in most cases, the owner. The service is provided by Google as "my location" and is still in the testing phase.

From starting with how many towers the phone communicates. Compared with a GPS system, it is inaccurate, but also in buildings and has a lower power requirement. . During a brief test of Golem.de reached GLM a rather poor accuracy of about 1.7 kilometers. Who is in a foreign city runs should therefore prefer a stranger on the way to ask.

GLM is ready to try out by the mobile browser address google.com / gmm calls and then as a downloadable application installed. The software runs on mobile phones with Java J2ME