Thread: Quick GPS Location based on Cell Tower
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colnago is offline colnago
2010-01-15 , 16:07
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Originally Posted by jsuggs View Post
...So my questions are, was that something that Google built into Google Maps, something like a database of cell towers, their GPS coords and coverage radius? What level of effort would be required to have that same quick/approximate location information be made from within the N900?...
Its already out...no need to request it.

The newest "geolocation" plugin/app, available in the "Downloads" section (newest app), works for my "Google maps bookmark". It acquires my location in 2-3 seconds, if that long.

http://maps.google.com/maps/m?







Also, the Near Me plugin, for the Firefox browser, looks and works very similarly, to the Google Search "app". It finds my location in "less than 1 second", without the need of the other geolocation plugin.
Last edited by colnago; 2010-01-15 at 16:23.
 

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