Mapping Upgrades From Apple, GoogleEd Moltzen writes about the lastest iPhone software update, which provides rough location services on the non-GPS-enabled iPhone: "Using its Google Maps feature, the iPhone triangulates your nearest cell phone towers and reports the data back to the mapping application, which gives you an idea, generally, of where you are." Speaking of Google Maps, Lifehacker reports on new functionality Google has dropped into it's popular Maps application: "Head to Google Maps, click the My Maps tab, and select The Weather Channel from the list of maps. You can turn on different overlays (like clouds and radar) and highlight different points of interest. My Maps has lots of other worthwhile featured content, like Gas Prices from GasBuddy, Google Real Estate Search, and geotagged photos from Picasa Web Albums." Location services are (pardon the pun), where it's at. (See my earlier post on Google's Street View.) It's wise for the smart solution provider to get to know their latitude from their longitude. Posted by Joe Caponi at 02:58 PM, January 16, 2008 This is a public forum. United Business Media and its affiliates are not responsible for and do not control what is posted herein. United Business Media makes no warranties or guarantees concerning any advice dispensed by its staff members or readers. Community standards in this comment area do not permit hate language, excessive profanity, or other patently offensive language. Please be aware that all information posted to this comment area becomes the property of United Business Media LLC and may be edited and republished in print or electronic format as outlined in United Business Media's Terms of Service. Important Note: This comment area is NOT intended for commercial messages or solicitations of business. |
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