Archive for February, 2011

LATLONG (9008890088) – sms based gps – lost in Bangalore ? help is just an sms away.

You would have definitely used Google maps to pin point a location or the distance to a location from your home. And while travelling you always thought gps was a reliable service. Google maps will need you to always have an internet connection and a gps service will surely cost you for the subscription. However, both are not so reliable in India due to the small roads and streets which appear neither on Google maps nor gps. There is a service which is free and works really well. And it just runs with the power of an sms. Its called latlong. With sms offers raining everywhere it costs you nothing.


www.latlong.in

It basically offers 2 types of services:

1. Source to destination

(eg. hebbal to majestic) – gives u the directions

format: sms HEBBAL TO MAJESTIC to 9008890088

And in no time you will receive a reply sms something like this:

dist: 9.8Km

Approx by auto: Rs.87

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