Google says that this feature should work on most "Java, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Nokia/Symbian devices", but it doesn't work in Sony Ericsson K750i, so this claim is questionable.
To get the new version (2.0), go to http://google.com/gmm on your mobile device. It's still in beta, so don't expect it to be flawless.
Update:
At this time, My Location (beta) is available for these devices:
* BlackBerry devices
* Some recent Motorola devices
* Some recent Sony Ericsson devices
* Many Windows Mobile devices
* Nokia Series 60 3rd Edition devices
If you have a Java-enabled (J2ME) device, BlackBerry or Windows Mobile device, you can easily check whether or not My Location (beta) is available. Just to go "Help" > "About" from the application. If the box contains "myl: N/A," it means your device isn't reporting a cell.
In which countries does it work?
ReplyDeleteAll of them. Also, this has been on there for months o.o
ReplyDeleteWhat about the good old iphone? The iphone would be that much better with GPS or even a close approximation for location in the google maps application.
ReplyDeleteJust tried it on my Sprint HTC Touch, sitting in Mountain View - "Your current location is temporarily unavailable." bummer.
ReplyDelete@David:
ReplyDeleteI don't use Google Maps for mobile, but the feature seems to be new. The application had GPS support for a small number of phones (like Nokia N95) in the previous versions.
Yep, what about the iphone? the integrated google maps on iphone doesnt seem to have it and you can't download the maps application from google.com/gmm.
ReplyDeleteI'm getting the "Your current location is temporarily unavailable" message also.
ReplyDeleteI'm in Washington, DC with an SGH-i607 Blackjack. I'm also getting the error "Your current location is temporarily unavailable".
ReplyDeleteI am in Lake Forest, CA. I just installed the new application and it said "Your current location is temporarily unavailable". :(
ReplyDeleteI noticed they have some new features on the map.
I tried it out today, and it worked fairly well but there was a HUGE degree of uncertainty. Well over 1700 meters in the multiple cases I tried.
ReplyDeleteYou can tell it's located the tower I'm linked too. If I was completely lost in a town I'd never been to, this might be helpful for finding my start point, but given how inaccurate it is not sure how useful it will be.
I'll give you an example, I'm on 7th street right now and it's showing me on 11th street (and four blocks up) which I happen to know is where the nearest tower to me is.
I'm in Columbus, OH, USA
I think this is wonderful. The goverment has used this technology for atleast two decades by now if not longer. Soon I can pinpoint my wifes location all the time! SWEET!
ReplyDeleteWhat about my iPhone!!!! :(
ReplyDeleteif you are getting location not available, check to see if your gps feature is turned on.
ReplyDeleteinteresting that the gps isn't pulled straight from the phone. that is what "the government" uses in most cases now for E911 phase 2.
I just tried this in Erie, PA. It shows the location, but is about 5 miles off. I enabled GPS and still got the same result. At least it's in the right county, but I can't say much more for it than that.
ReplyDeleteInnovation makes Google rank high that's for sure.
ReplyDeletep.s. Abia acum am descoperit blogul tau, spor la treabã in continuare.
It would be nice if some sort of GPS detection could be added to 1800-GOOG-411 so that I could search for businesses close to me instead of narrowing it down to a whole city or area code. Then again, as soon as they would do that, I'd want it to guide me there via vocalized directions as well...it's always something.
ReplyDeletei'm in NYC (astoria, queens) and also getting the "Your current location is temporarily unavailable" message as well. Using windows mobile on an XV6700, for what it's worth. I'm getting maximum signal strength verizon EVDO, kind of a bummer. Judging from everyone else's similar comments it sounds like Google still has some work to do, but an awesome concept.
ReplyDeleteI personally think it is very intersting. I had never heard of that before ( but of course i've been living out of the country for 2 years!)And to all those negative people, anything could always be better
ReplyDeleteI'm getting the "Your current location is temporarily unavailable" message also.
ReplyDeleteK750i is not a Symbian phone, at least not where I'm at so...
ReplyDelete/magnus, sweden
Works great on blackberry device in Huntington Beach, CA.
ReplyDeleteWas a few streets of but better then the Verizon disabled GPS in the phone.
downloaded from that link but got 1.2, not 2.0. Limited beta?
ReplyDeleteI'm getting the "Your current location is temporarily unavailable" message also.
ReplyDeleteTreo 700w Verizon.
Does anyone know if and when will the Treo 700w be supported. Hopefully its sooner than later (or never).
ReplyDeleteI have Sony Ericsson K810i Cyber-shot phone. Today i downloaded new Beta soft. from Google by pointing my phone's Net-Front Browser to maps.google.com
ReplyDeleteafter downloading, it took a while to load ( blue bar... ). Later it showed me "Your current location is temporarily unavailable".
I didn't closed Google Maps software. I started searching the web by typing the above generated error in Google Web Search on my PC.
Roughly in 5 or say 10 minutes when i checked my phone, I got my approximate location within 1700 metres. So It definitely works.
Do one thing ; Go to Menu->Help->About/info-> Scroll Down to the last line. You will see just like that :-
404:59:some numbers:some numbers
Here 404 means India
and 59 stands for CellOne Rajasthan.
This is a network code.
If that type of thing appears then wait for sometimes as your software might be in processing stage.
This is a useful thing. Thanks a millions to Google. Though in Beta stage it's not pinpointed like Good SONY GPS devices but at least when you are travelling via bus or Train then say at midnight while you get up from your birth then you can get some info about your current location. It's cool. The other way to get info is to use Cell Information feature in your phone. For Sony Ericsson phones, go to MESSAGING->SETTINGS->AREA INFO->CELL INFORMATION->ON
in standby screen you'll see the name of place as a second line after Network name. ( Provided your operator supports. )
Thanks.
Аналогичная хуйня, только в Москве и на Nokia E61: "Ваше текущее местоположение временно недоступно".
ReplyDeletedoes not work on my Sony Ericsson P1i. this is a Symbian UIQ3 phone.
ReplyDeleteMy Sprint Treo 700p didn't download the new version (2.0). It says it is going to but then links to the 1.2.6 file.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazingly close on my HTC Touch in Central London. Wrong side of the road but probably correct to within 20 feet!
ReplyDeleteIt isn't working on my Sprint Touch. It seems that my phone is not registering the cell tower that it is currently connected to. (at least according to the google maps help).
ReplyDeleteYou can check this by going to Help > About (scroll down to the last line of text) if it list something like myl:N/A it means that you are not registering your cell tower.
Does anyone know how to turn this on? I hope it's a WM6 thing not something related to the Sprint service...
P.S. iPhone update is coming. Not yet available though.
ReplyDeleteThis is possible that you and your friend that are on different networks and at same place are getting different results. Let's take an example of Google Earth. A few years ago when it was launched; it didn't have place name of each and every location compared to today and even still it's getting finer each day. If you are a member of Google Earth community then you can contribute by sharing the names of those places that you know. The same thing applies here at GMM. Google didn't say but it need volunteers. Here the information is mobile carrier specific. That means On the same place ATT tower might be registered to GMM MyL but it's not necessary that Vodafone's tower is also registered in MyL database of Google.
ReplyDeleteAs i said earlier Google needs volunteers that means only those people who have GPS Handsets with GMM Running or Handsets which are attached to GPS Accessories like Sony Ericsson HGE 100 or any Bluetooth GPS Accessory and GMM software ON can help Google to enriched it's database of Mobile towers.
Now again let's move back to the problem when 2 people on different networks are at same place. If a first person gets the approximate location information on GMM that means that some times ago a person who has GPS Phone or Phone with GPS Accessory had passed to that location while GMM was running so GMM has sent the information of that Tower and saved into the database.
So, if you have a phone that can work with GPS and you want that your area or village gets fully covered on GMM so that other citizens or tourists who doesn't have GPS Phone can take an advantage of it; then you have volunteer for it. If there is a vacation or weekend then just attach GPS accessory or start in-built GPS and on the meantime start GMM. Now just roam around your favourite places. Next time when anyone without GPS functionality will use GMM; he will not receive error messages like "location temporary available" and at the end of the day you will feel content that you did something for your area or locality and now it is fully covered under your favourite mobile carrier/ Operator.
If this method is getting costly to you then do one thing, start Cell Information on your phone. Now if you see a new location name on screen then just start your GPS and GMM and Google will register it. Now exit the software. Again if you come to that place where different location name is showing then do the same thing. Thus your favourite area will get 100% covered.
In short, if more people with GPS use this service in different areas the more it will get enrich.
Satya,
ReplyDeleteI see you know a lot about gmm. May be you'll give me an answer to the following question: Is it required to use GPRS to be a volunteer you mention? I tried to use GPS and WiFi on my smartphone and roamed around my home abot 1 hour (GSM module was on ofcourse) Then I tried to find my location without GPS. Result: "Your current location is temporarily unavailable". May be it's required some time to update towers information on google servers. How long it will update this information?
I have a Sanyo SCP-7050. It's got GPS capability but I don't subscribe to that service. Rather, I use WHERE.
ReplyDeleteWhen I try to launch Google Maps 2.0, which I downloaded and installed, it trys to load, but then immediately throws me back to the applications launch screen.
I guess this means loading aborted? Is there any way I can learn more?
Dear Artur,
ReplyDeleteFirst of all thanks for the message. I am glad. Well...i am just like you...an enthusiast about Mobile technologies so i may be wrong but i believe yes you might need GPRS/ EDGE/ 3G/ 3.5G connection to send your tower info to Google Database. OK let's do an experiment. If you have a facility know as "FLIGHT MODE" in your mobile or if you can start your phone without SIM card then try to establish your phone's GPS + WiFi + GMM. Does GMM still working ? It might show you GPS Info but MyL won't be present. Now Insert SIM card and use GMM+GPS through WiFi. Check at upper corner about how much data is being transferred. Is it 0 ( zero ) ? in that case you might be seeing those maps which GMM has fetched from Cache memory. If this is not the case and data is being transferred that means GMM is dependent on Wi-Fi connection which doesn't have any give or take relationship with your existing GSM Network. In GMM go to HELP->ABOUT->SCROLL DOWN....can you see the unique cell-id of the tower? Might be Yes.
well in my point of view and as far as i have learnt through GMM Video and different forums; For MyL database, Google can only enjoy that connection which relates to GSM technology like GPRS. As; when you connect to Internet without wifi through GPRS; your GSM Connection gets actively involved. The software is totally based on GSM technology.
This is possible that my views are wrong. I guess only Google can answer this.
I read that you roam for one hour. Well it depends how far area you've covered in 1 hour because Base stations foot print can be as far as 1700 metres or more. I advice you to activate the Cell Broadcast so that you know about the area otherwise a person who has covered more than 1 kilometres in one hour on foot can still be under one base station footprint so there won't be any change. Cell Broadcast comes handy at this situation.
It's also possible that GMM utilise info sent by wi-fi network and it might take some time say 2 days for updating.
These answers can only be achieved by experiments. if you have subscribed GPRS then i guess you should try the other channel then wi-fi. Who knows...the info gets updated instantly.
YOu can visit my blog to know my contact info. etc.
In Tulsa, Ok on a MotoQ, it says "Your current location is temporarily unavailable". Sprint is my provider.
ReplyDeleteNokia N95 /w GPS 10 meter accuracy down town Oslo at best. 100 meters in screeenshot ==>
ReplyDeletehttp://andreaslunde.com/gps-virker-med-google-maps-mobile/
As with most users my Treo 700w gives me the Temporarily unavailable.
ReplyDelete'Temporarily unavailable' on HTC Trinity.
ReplyDeleteNEEDS TO WORK ON SPRINT PLEASE.
ReplyDeleteOn my blackjack with AT&T in Sarasota FL I also get "Your current location is temporarily unavailable."
ReplyDeleteWorking great on my K800i.
ReplyDeleteI'm in Moscow/Russia.
Mobile provider: MTS
Doesn't work with T-Mobil Dash in Hawaii. I get the following message: "Your current location is unavailable."
ReplyDeleteI have a AT&T (Cingular) 8525. I get the "Your current location is temporarily unavailable." In the Milwaukee area. In the help/about, it does list info for myl: 310:41030998:1152
ReplyDeleteIt lists my platform as winm-pocketPC-Herm100/Web [en_US,en].
Can this info tell me where I am?
Is there some way to enable my location to work. It obviously is passing along some tower info.
I have noticed the myl for my Sprint Moto Q is "myl N/A". Sprint doesn't want to share...boo that
ReplyDeleteUsing a Moto Q in LA with Sprint - getting the "Your locaton is temporarily unavailable" message also. What's the deal?
ReplyDeleteI tried it with my O2 XDA mini. IT gives the same message like many others Your current location is temporarily unavailable. in the help -- about the myl :N/A. my OS is windows 2003. Is there a way out?
ReplyDeleteOther guys around me using smart phones are getting the location.
I think that google let this one out of the bag way too soon. I have seen more post (like mine) where all you get is a message saying your location is temporarily unavailable. I hope it works, but I miss the "Find Location" feature where I could just key in a zip code and at least center the map
ReplyDeleteI figured out how to fix the unavailable issue on my Blackberry 8700... Go to help, then click my location (beta) and disable . Then restart GMM. Reenable and restart. That worked for me.
ReplyDeleteSeth
SPRINT PPC6700 gets "location unavailable". does anybody know how to put a default address so that it doesn't go back to San Francisco as a default all the time?
ReplyDeleteI use a motorola V3 and get the temporarily unavailable messsage. My phone is reporting a cell so I can only assume that googles database of cell positions is incomplete in my area. Hope they fill the gaps soon.
ReplyDeleteIts Great; very good approximation!
ReplyDeleteI live in Lanus - Buenos Aires - Argentina.
works a treat on my new HTC TyTnII through orange UK using it's built in GPS :)
ReplyDeleteWorking suberbly all over I hover in BRAZIL.
ReplyDeleteWill somebody answer the questions about sprint windows mobile devices. Is there anything you can do when the Help> about screen shows the myl: N/A. Does this mean Google is making it not available, Sprint, or a setting on the device. What about some talk about switching to the Edge band with a program called Bandswitch will this work ith a spring 6800 (Mogul)? Thanks
ReplyDeleteAT&T 8525 HTC. It worked well with Windows Mobile 5 but since I upgraded to Windows Mobile 6 I keep getting "current location unavailable" so maybe new os not supported yet?
ReplyDeleteFor windows mobile 6 users, please try the following recommendation,
ReplyDeletestart -> settings -> Phone -> more
1)check the enable broadcast channels
2) under settings button, check the receive channel list
This works on my WM6
Seth's fix: Disabling 'My Location', exiting GMM then re-enabling 'My Location' instantly fixed the problem of "Location Temporarily Unavailable" on my AT&T Blackjack II.
ReplyDeleteIt works...very well, in Ireland.
ReplyDeleteAlso getting the "Your current location is temporarily unavailable" message. The previous suggestion about enabling broadcast channels didn't help. Using T-Mobile Shadow (WM 6) in Minneapolis, MN.
ReplyDeleteno go on my verizon xv6800...
ReplyDeletebummer.
the guy with the iphone in the cubicle next me keeps rubbing it in that his works...
Receive braodcasts didn't work for me, nieither did disable/enable My Location. :-(
ReplyDeleteWM6 on Herm100
can anyone please help I have the sanyo katana google maps but cannot semm to open myl.it says myl is not availible on this device I have GPS enabled phone.THANKS!!!
ReplyDeleteI just got it on the E51 Nokia and it works a treat In Ireland ! G
ReplyDeleteFrom the above, it looks like the Verizon/Audiovox XV6700 doesn't work (unless you pay Verizon $20/mo to activate the feature). I'm guessing it should work w/ the addition of a "HOLUX 236" for <$50 on ebay, Google maps should work.
ReplyDeleteI want to use this for hiking. Is there any "bread crumbs" functionality in Google maps?
This feature does not work in 3G mode on a ATT Phone. You have to force to EVDO mode for this to work.
ReplyDeleteGod, if i here one more Iphone loser whining about software and compatibility, im going to scream. You bought it, you deal with it. You just had to be trendy without doing the research and now your stuck. enjoy your EDGE network and 0 functionality.
ReplyDeleteI have HTC Touch (Sprint) and google my location does not work. I think Sprint does not want to support this service. Is this service working for anyone using Spring network?
ReplyDeleteI tried with my HTC Touch here in Bangalore,India and it worked for me(no GPS).In fact while travelling in the car the My location dot keeps refreshing to my new location ever few minutes
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteHere is a question that does not seem to have been asked.
I have a Dell Inspiron 1720 Laptop with a express card that takes my Vodafone sim (data) card.
I can connect to the WWW, send and recieve sms files easily.
Can I somehow use googlemaps, and can I also use the locator feature ?
Thanks.
Mike
My location not supported on Samsung SCH-i760
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ReplyDeletebuffalo NY
htc touch
sprint
message:
your handset is not compatible with myl beta
I have a Palm Treo - with T-Mobile, it worked perfectly in Amsterdam - and in New Delhi - but it seems to have issues here in the States, it will show where i was about 5 to 7 hours prior. Otherwise it works -
ReplyDeleteDoesn't work on HTC S710
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