Thursday, November 29, 2007
Google Inc. announced on Wednesday a new feature of its mapping application for mobile phones that lets users to find their location without the satellite technology.
The technology called “my location,” is part of the internet search company’s version 2.0 of Google Map, released in a beta edition on Wednesday. The technology behind the service is not new. When cellular phones are searching for reception, they send “pings” or electronic signals that can be picked up by as many as six cell phone towers, and services already exist that can record those pings and use them to create a three-dimensional map of where the signals originated. Google’s entrance into the technology, however, is likely to have a broader impact because of the ubiquity of the company’s Google Maps application and because the company has taken a more active interest in mobile applications. The company said the services is available on most smart phones.
I think this technology has advantages, disadvantages. For advantages, people could find that where they are, and find ways. Families could find out the where their children, or parent using “my location”. This could be disadvantages for us, because of the social lives. This technologies could find out where people are in specific locations, so this would be bad for some people like famous people.
The technology called “my location,” is part of the internet search company’s version 2.0 of Google Map, released in a beta edition on Wednesday. The technology behind the service is not new. When cellular phones are searching for reception, they send “pings” or electronic signals that can be picked up by as many as six cell phone towers, and services already exist that can record those pings and use them to create a three-dimensional map of where the signals originated. Google’s entrance into the technology, however, is likely to have a broader impact because of the ubiquity of the company’s Google Maps application and because the company has taken a more active interest in mobile applications. The company said the services is available on most smart phones.
I think this technology has advantages, disadvantages. For advantages, people could find that where they are, and find ways. Families could find out the where their children, or parent using “my location”. This could be disadvantages for us, because of the social lives. This technologies could find out where people are in specific locations, so this would be bad for some people like famous people.
