Is this whole thing dependent on ones geographical area? I'm commenting from nigeria. So is it really possible here? Try mr tracker from mrxsystem. I've been using it for work purposes for atleast 3 months now. Thanks for a great article, I just wanted to let you know that Microsoft has a similar technology, that lets you find your laptop anywhere on Microsoft's Virtual Earth, its called Microsoft Location Finder. Note that this does not need any mobile connectivity, just the Wi-Fi capabilty of your laptop, and it will post the location of your laptop.
I did a detailed article on this, if you are interested please have a look at: For some reason I left out the URL in the previous post, here it is again indiawebsearch. Ryan morning no I have no comment. I have another problem. I am trying to find the location of where my son is at this stage. We have some difficulties in the past and he left our town without any notification a year ago. It start working on his mother and I have no answer for her. AlI have is a cell number. How can I find his location just to show to her okay he is there. Yes - if you go to the Google page listed in this article, there's an online map associated with your account.
You can set your current location manually using that map so that even if your mobile doesn't update Google Latitude, you still can. I started playing with this and a few friends as soon as I heard of it. Several family members traveling over the holidays to a single location, everyone can see how close everyone else is. Long-distance truck-driving companies could use it as a low-cost free alternative to using GPS for locating where there trucks are currently at. This is essentially just like a Twitter update which all your friends viewing you on the map can see except it's in graphical format.
Hi Shreela, great question. Yes, if you look on the Google Latitude page, just below the login there's an option to add the widget to iGoogle. I don't believe you need to enter your phone number to do that? Just log in with your Google ID and it'll get added, then you can manually enter your location on that page. Good luck, and let me know if you run into any brick walls I've never considered the non-phone approach, but both you and Mike bring up some excellent non-PDA uses.
Can't tell you how many times my wife has scolded me to "put that thing away! Anyway, yes, you need to be able to run Google Maps on your phone, and most standard cellphones either can't, or they don't have the data plan to support it, as you point out. On the flip side, you CAN add the widget to iGoogle and manually set wherever you are or are going to be so that friends and family know what's up. You make a good point though - Google really should consider allowing people to somehow text there location to Latitude after signing up..
Does Google have a blog we can make these suggestions to? I've got some issues with Google Calendar as well. I want to join, but don't want to put in my phone number. I just want to manually enter my nearest major intersection so people would know which part of town I'm from.
But I can't see a way to join without providing my phone number. I think it is quite cool that you can track your location even without the GPS functionality. But my question behind this service was, is a data plan necessary? I'd love if it weren't, but since "accessing sites from your phone" kept getting mentioned I'm thinking a data plan is a necessity for this service.
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Which is a shame because I'm all about the texting but can't justify the expense of a data plan since the only place I don't have an Internet connection is when I'm driving. And everyone who loves me doesn't WANT me to have a connection at those times: The drawback to Google Latitude is that it doesn't run in the background. If you switch to another application, your position updates will stop.
I think this is totally scary. What ever happened to privacy? When will they have a i-poop app that tweets my color and level of stink of my poop? Seriously, too much info. Yeah - it resolution depends a great deal on where the nearest cell towers are. My friend and I tested it this weekend to see how accurate it was.
He has Verizon and there's a cell tower right in town - it had his location correct right down to town level not building - it can't do that.
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In the end though, it shows you more or less where your friends are if they "share out" their position, that is. Privacy IS a setting within Google Latitude, and you can even turn off your location if you like so you essentially go "invisible" to either all friends, or select ones, as outlined in the article.
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Thanks for the great feedback everyone. Latitude uses GPS if it is available on your phone, which makes the location reporting far more accurate. In addition to being able to turn of sharing of your position, you can also custom set your position that is shared. Resolution is vague, you can't even be sure if someone is really at that street or the next, or the next one. And I'm talking about a gps-enabled device, not just triangulation which less accuracy than gps. The update freq is even worse, about once a minute here.
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The tech is great, but I guess they limit its power due to privacy concerns, like someone attaching a cell phone into your car to track you down What if I am interviewing at a competitor while my boss is looking for me, what if I am buy a present for my wife at a particular high end store. For that matter what if I am at the stripclub and don't want my girlfriend to find out, or a sporting event when I was suppose to be with a "sick friend".
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And using tools like this can be an infringement. Beleive me, as soon as someone gets located doing something they were not suppose to and it resulted in trouble divorce, being fired, etc the lawsuits are going to fly. Can I zoom in to see which room of a building a person is in or is the resolution at the "cell tower" range which could be from a few thousand feet to miles. AJ, I'm not sure I understand what you're saying.
This article IS about triangulating a cell phone's actual position using Google Latitude? You can see from the screen shot above where I show how to set up a friend and then there are even sample screenshots of Latitude triangulating his position as well as mine. If you're talking about a way to do that without someone's permission, that's a whole different ballgame. I doubt Google or anyone would ever enable that ability due to privacy issues. I would be interested in hearing what other people think about that concept though if Google would remove that step and you could track anyone by cell number alone Just think of the ramifications of that I beg to differ.
A friend of mine was able to trace me on his Blackberry with just a phone number and I never accepted anything. I did not accept an invite like what is required on the My Location feature on the Latitude app. I recall vaguely Latitude's introduction and the update, but where is that app that just tells you where a friend is on the iPhone with just a phone number. He was able to locate me and I was like how did he do that? You make it seem like you can triangulate a cell phone's actual position or something using Google Latitude. Cube, Compared Dan Price. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Whatsapp Email.
Stay informed by joining our newsletter! Read our privacy policy. We will be linking to this great article on our site. Keep up the good writing. I want to track my girl friend. Is there really a way of tracking a friend by their cell phone? My couaen sister was gone from my home because fighting with her please help. Informative, however, does it really work? Can it track the exact latitude and longitude location it is at at that current time? I cant use it on my mobile I think the usefulness is limited only by creativity.