Hi, Just installed Google Maps 3.3 on a fresh Windows Mobile 6 phone (an HTC HD Touch to be precise).
There is no SIM in the phone and GPS is turned off. Despite this, it actually managed to get my location to within a few meters! I am completely stunned... how on earth can it do this? I am reasonably sure that the low-level API Microsoft provides only lets a program get the IDs of the nearest cell tower of whichever network you're on. As I see it, to get this kind of accuracy Google Maps must be measuring signal strength from 2 or more adjacent cell towers. But how can it do that when there's no API? Does it talk directly to the radio hardware, bypassing the OS? Grateful for any light anyone can shed on what seems like an extraordinary achievement. Thanks, -- Reuben Harris
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