Ehsan Nourbakhsh’s Blog

Google Maps mobile has been one of my favorite applications from Google. Recently they added one beta feature to it which is a milestone for the Google Maps Mobile (GMM). They have added the ability to find your approximate geographical location solely based on the data that your cell phone receives from base stations. This is really nice since once you know the approximate location, you can guess the details yourself. Also, each time you don’t need to enter your own address before searching for the destination address.

It has been an interesting case to find out how they do it, and by how I mean the general implementation idea and not the theoretical foundations. I post here my current understanding of the implementation, which may be lacking some parts. I hope I can update this as I gather more information. (more…)

It is very exciting to see real world applications of computer related technologies. It gives me hope that this field is actually doing work, as other fields of science do. One branch of such real world applications is “assisted driving. What I mean by assistance in here is providing information, such as current speed and location, as well as the path to go and the directions to follow at any moment.

Also, it might include information about road construction and traffic. Providing address and phone information about restaurants and hotels, as well as national parks and theme parks, close to current location is a plus.

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