Google warms to location-based apps with My Tracks, new Gmail signatures

by Darren Murph Feb 16th 2009 @ 11:52PM

As if the addition of TeleNav GPS to the T-Mobile G1 wasn't evidence enough, Google is totally into exploiting the GPS capabilities of its Android-based handsets. First up is My Tracks, which quite simply "records tracks of outdoor activities using the phone's built-in GPS." From there, it shows the data points on a map and presents live statistics (which even includes an elevation profile); obviously, sharing said routes is a lesson in simplicity thanks to Google Maps and Google Docs. Next up are location-based Gmail signatures, which oddly enough, use your IP address in order to append a current location to your sent emails. Granted, this approach is better than nothing, but there's certainly the chance of it missing your real whereabouts by a town or three. At any rate, feel free to dig into both in the read links below.

Read - Google My Tracks
Read - Location-based Gmail signatures

Filed under: Handsets, Software, HTC, Android

Tags: android, dream, g1, gmail, google, gps, htc, location, My Tracks, MyTracks, signature, software, t-mobile g1, T-mobileG1

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Sameer Surampalli @ Feb 17th 2009 12:18AM

YES! I can get stalked by Google now.

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kidvalor @ Feb 17th 2009 12:42AM

This is why GPS stays off on my G1..... this just make it so much more easier for crazy girlfriends... lmao

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Fernando @ Feb 17th 2009 7:14AM

So... it's like Nokia's Sports Tracker?

Gmail signatures does sound interesting though.

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Duncan @ Feb 17th 2009 9:45AM

Umm, guys this happened about a week ago, hardly news anymore.

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Samuel Lawson @ Feb 18th 2009 2:56AM

Looks like a fairly basic implementation.

http://www.sportstracklive.com has live tracks, track replay and comprehensive performance analysis, along with the usual training log facilties.

Not yet on android but available for all Java enabled phones.

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