We might mention that we are not offering you the decorated or chocolate eggs that are usually used as gifts on the occasion of Easter or springtime celebration. All the functions and functionalities keep evolving, and even though you might know and admire the really creative Google Doodles and you might have already amused yourself with some of the big G’s April Fools Day jokes, some of you might not be aware of the different secrets that it holds: the Google Easter Eggs.īlame it on the season, blame it on our curiosity but we’ve prepared for you the most comprehensive list of Google Easter Eggs that I am sure it will intrigue you just as much it intrigued us. The only problem was that my dot kept moving down the block from my location every few minutes, and then came back to the correct spot again (I’ll have to ask Google if it sells leashes for My Location dots).The amount of information that Google holds is, beyond any doubt, amazing and this is maybe one of the reasons we are so connected with this search engine. In my tests, My Location worked well I was sitting in a public cafe with several Wi-Fi access points around me.
It’s also possible that My Location may not work at all, in which case you can set your default location on Google Maps and then activate the little blue dot. If there aren’t enough Wi-Fi points to get a fix on your location, Google can also make an estimate based on you IP address - although these estimates can often be wildly inaccurate. Google finds your location by getting your Web browser to deliver location information based on the Wi-Fi access points around you.
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If you use Internet Explorer or an earlier version of Firefox you can also download Google Gears to get My Location to work. Click the button again, and the blue dot disappears.įor My Location to work, you need to have a Web browser that supports the W3C Geolocation API such as Google Chrome or Firefox 3.5. Once you’re done exploring the map, just click on the My Location button and the map centers itself back to your location. If you’re in town for a conference, you can see how far you’ll have to travel to get to your meetings or find that hot restaurant you read about. Once Google has located you, it’s easy to survey your surroundings and get a sense of where you are. Google says it takes your privacy very seriously and will never use your location information without your permission. Just click on the dot in the upper left-hand side of the map between the zoom and pan tools, and, after you authorize Google to continue, your location will appear on the map. My Location for the desktop uses Wi-Fi access point information instead of cell towers, but just like the mobile version, My Location on the desktop drops a little blue dot onto your approximate location in Google Maps.Īs Google pointed out in its blog post, My Location for the desktop can be a great tool when you arrive in an unfamiliar town and want to get an idea of where you are. First introduced in late 2007 as a tool for Google Maps for mobile, My Location offered directions by triangulating your position based on surrounding cell towers. Google is making it easier for you to find out where you are, with the introduction of My Location for the desktop.
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