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Google Maps for your mobile phone is out now with a new, improved version called Google Maps with My Location (beta). The new version offers several new features, the most important being its ability find your location using either your phone’s built-in GPS or by triangulating your location using cell towers. If your phone doesn’t have GPS, the triangulation feature will get you somewhere within 500 to 5000 meters of where you really are. You can then use the “0″ on your phone to position yourself more accurately on the map. In addition to the “my location” feature, the new version of Google Maps for mobile also has real-time traffic (I could have used this today!), more detailed step-by-step directions, integrated search results, easily movable maps, and even satellite imagery. You can see a demo of the service here. Also, check out the video below for an explanation of how it all works. To get the latest version of Google Maps, point your mobile browser to www.google.com/gmm. Most web-enabled mobile phones are supported, including Java, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, and Nokia/Symbian devices.

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