GOOGLE MAPS
Recently the internet search giant Google made a version of their popular maps service available for mobile phones via a download from the Google website. This Java based mapping software allows you to get directions and find out where you are directly on your mobile. While it has not yet been integrated with a GSM service, it is thought that the next generation version of the software will be tied into signal strength from your local cell transmitters in order to pinpoint your location and allow you to use the local services offered by Google through its search functions.
The Google maps interface on a computer is easy to use, you simply drag the map within your browser using the mouse pointer, butt on a mobile it is a little harder to move around the map because of the way in which you have to interact with it using your keypad buttons. Zooming in is easy enough, and there is plenty of detail available out local locations and vital details such as street names are available.
The Google maps for mobile phones service does offer directions from one location to another, but this can take a little while to figure out. Unfortunately, the new functions of Google Maps that are available on the Internet, such as the ability to specify whether you want to travel on the motorway or not, and whether there are particular places along your route that you want to visit.
The most impressive thing about Google Maps is that it is completely free to download and use on your mobile. The policy of Google to supply software for free and then have it supported by the sale of advertising to surround it means that there are commercial factors in the release of the program for use on mobile phones, but this is fine for most users provided that the adverts that they are supplied are appropriate and in the context of the map that they are using.
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