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Google Came out with the new version 2.0 of 'Google Maps for mobile', its innovative mobile mapping and local search application called "My Location" (beta) finds the user's location by measuring the distance of his phone from a nearby base stations. Unfortunately, it isn't as precise as using GPS, but takes out less battery for this, This can be used with a model that doesn`t support GPS.

Google is hoping to get within one-quarter to three miles of a user's location. Google says that they “use various algorithms to approximate your location relative to the cells nearest you. The accuracy of this information depends on how big an individual cell is. Thus, areas with a denser concentration of mobile towers allow for a more accurate My Location reading. Additionally, as our database of cell locations continues to improve, so too does the
accuracy and coverage of the My Location feature.”

"My Location" technology is claims to be faster than GPS, besides it is able to cover the inside of buildings unlike GPS, and results in slower drainage of batteries when compared to GPS.
Unfortunately this feature is still not available in INDIA and currently available in the fallowing countries: U.S., U.K., France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Portugal, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands, Russian Federation, and Taiwan. Hope Google release this feature soon in India.

You can checkout this video on Youtube to see how it works.
Google now has your emails, GTalk conversations, search queries, personal info and now your location, Wat could be the Google`s next release? Pls post in your views below.