Thread: Google Latitude

Google Latitude

Google rolled out Latitude. Using a combination of Global Positioning System, WiFi, and cell tower location data, the service, an extension of Google Maps, Latitude can determine where you are in the world via your mobile device depending on which of those technologies the device can use.

It will work on most color Blackberries, most Windows Mobile 5.0 devices, most Symbian S60 devices, and phones powered by Google's Android mobile software, such as the T-Mobile G1. No iPhone or iPod Touch yet, but Google says that's coming very soon.

So if you have spent restless moments thinking where your friends or your spouse or your child is? Google may come to your rescue sooner than you thought. But will it throw up privacy issues. Google thought about it a lot. It offers a wide variety of ways to make sure you can't be tracked if you don't want to.

The service is opt-in, and you can control precisely who among your friends and relatives can see your location. You can hide your location from everyone or particular people, opt to share only the city you're in generally, or just turn the service off. That does not sound too bad.

Here you go: Google Latitude

hmm... interesting... i wonder how much these services will be of use for normal people.

Originally Posted by Rameshjeee

So if you have spent restless moments thinking where your friends or your spouse or your child is?

I remember BSNL postpaid service also provides something on this manner. But based on the tower location.