Our time is not short on technological innovation, but from time to time something just leaves me awestruck. In this case I'm talking about Google Maps Mobile, which gives you the full functionality of Google Maps on a cell phone. You can search for a location and it would give you a high quality map. Then you can tell it to give you directions to any other locations, for example, what's the fastest way from New York to Los Angeles (it's 2,787 miles). Sure, it's not a GPS, so you have to tell it where you are to get the next instruction.
Now one could say that portable GPS devices are around for quite some time, but the nice thing with Google Maps Mobile is, that it literally comes out of thin air. You don't need any special hardware, just a cellphone (and you want to have an unlimited data plan). Imagine being lost in a big city: in that very moment you could download Google Maps Mobile, search for your current location and find the way to your destination. And from this moment on, you'll never be lost again, wherever you are (provided you have Internet connection and Google Maps covers the area).
You even have the satellite view, so you can view your current location from space (of course it's not a live picture) - a couple of years ago this would have been material for a James Bond movie.
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