http://www.google.com/latitude/intro.html
Social networking is everywhere: from LinkedIn to Facebook to Twitter to just about everything else in between, you can't escape it. Now Google is joining the fray (again) with the new 'Latitude' service in their Maps product.
Install Google Maps on your phone, enable Latitude (you need a Google account to do this). Your phone will update its location on the map, and if configured, will send updates to your friends' Google Maps as well.
So, if you want to easily meet up with friends or are just plain curious where they are at any time of day (is this a good thing?), you can find out how close by they are - maybe you can get together for an impromptu cup of joe/pint!
From Google's web site:With Google Latitude, you can:
- See where your friends are and what they are up to
- Quickly contact them with SMS, IM, or a phone call
- Control what your location is and who gets to see it
Enjoy Google Latitude on your phone, PC, or both.
Sharing your location with friends is easy - you can use your existing Google contacts or custom email address and you can also tweak what you share with them.
Additionally, you can set your location manually if you don't want to have your mobile track you
everywhere you go. It would be nice if Latitude allowed you to 'Publish your current location' if you had auto-updating turned off...but hey, maybe next version, eh?
One thing I did notice - I have a Verizon BlackBerry Storm and Google Maps is only using the cell-triangulated location services. As such, accuracy is around 1800-3800 meters. I'm not sure if this is Verizon still locking out a portion of the GPS hardware to BlackBerry maps and VZW Navigator, or if there is some additional coding that needs to be done - - either way, a more accurate GPS would be appreciated (My guess is Verizon). I suppose in cases like that, you could manually set your location if you are meeting up with friends.
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