[USMA:40398] Google maps

[Michael Payne]

I just got a new Blackberry and downloaded Google maps to the device. When 
you open google maps the phone will determine your position from 
triangulation on nearby cell towers, when it does this there will be a 
message describing the accuracy  in meters only. Depending on the number of 
cell towers, the accuracy could be within 5 meters, 1700 meters or 5000 
meters, these are the 3 numbers I've seen depending where I am, which in my 
case were downtown LA, Boeing field in Seattle and Glenwood Springs 
Colorado. No other unit is given and I did not choose metric in this case. 
The longer you wait, the more accurate the position gets. Really an amazing 
bit of technology. I'm going to get a bluetooth GPS reciever and then I'll 
have a moving map display wherever I am, and very accurate map positon!

Is'nt technology wonderful!
Michael Payne
1 Thorton Court
Potomac Falls VA 20165
USA