When teamed up with a computer, a G.P.S. receiver can then display your location on a map, provide directions to a destination, and so on.
It not only displays your location and heading, but also the precise time, courtesy of the atomic clocks on board the GPS satellites, your rate of speed and distance traveled, the name of the road you're on, and the names of some surrounding streets and landmarks.
The service is comprised of two parts: an Android application that tracks your location when you head out on road trips, and a web app that displays your location to friends and family once you provide them with a link Rd Trpr automatically generates.
By clicking "IMHere", you can show your friends where you are, as pins drop down on a Google Map to display your current location.
The map does not display your current location in a given area.
Facebook and Twitters both have features that can display your current location together with the statuses you post.
NOTE: If From this location: is displaying your computer name, the following two sets of steps can be skipped.
In addition, Google is today beginning to display your polling place location in the search results, when you search for "where to vote," or something similar.
pwd will display your current directory location.
Make sure you print yours out now and proudly display your results in a prominent location to show your family, friends and colleagues just how much of a musical brainbox you really are.
