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

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

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 17th 2009 12:18AM]

YES! I can get stalked by Google now.

[(Unverified) Posted 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

[fernando Posted Feb 17th 2009 7:14AM]

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

Gmail signatures does sound interesting though.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 17th 2009 9:45AM]

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

[(Unverified) Posted 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.