--- In [email protected], "Dave Wedd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I missed the original discussion, but Google Mobile Maps is able to > display your location on your phone, using GSM triangulation if a GPS > receiver is not available. Not always accurate, but it does display > the uncertainty and show a circle around the location to indicate how > far wrong it might be. > > Google manages a similar trick when the phone is getting its data via > WiFi - I don't know whether this uses the location of the hotspot, or > whether it can still read the GSM triangulation data from the phone. > > In London with lots of transmitter masts it can be accurate enough to > tell you which road junction you are at, but in a poor signal area > near a canal it might only be good enough to tell you where the > solitary mast is located. (It will tell you that you are at the mast, > and then you scroll around to find where you really are, and now you > know which direction to wave your phone to get a better signal.) >
I was not paticlarly interested in finding out my location with any accuracy. All I wanted - out of interest only, was to be informed the approximate location of the mast that I was connected to. Now how do I access Google Mobile maps - sounds like an expensive process to me on my Moto. Regards Pete
