“Thus the most important value of [volunteered geographic information] may lie in what it can tell about local activities in various geographic locations that go unnoticed by the world’s media, and about life at a local level.”

Considerably more detail about Google Mobile Maps new functionality to locate mobile devices via GPSes or via nearby cell towers, including a list of supported devices and speculation about this feature’s inclusion in the Android platform.

adds moving map functionality for Google Maps using a connected GPS unit