Google Latitude, functionally similar to afore-mentioned Fire Eagle, allows computer and mobile phone users to upload and share (or hide) location updates manually or automatically—which are plotted on a Google Map. Latitude for iPhone is "coming soon". No word yet on integration with the Google Maps API. Rumour has it that location-awareness is coming to Mac OSX 10.6—potential for another Apple-Google partnership?
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Interesting... Tweetie already has thins location aware "nearby" thingy - next step tweeting to GMaps overlays?!
Infact, as Tweetie can send locations, I wonder if the Twitter feed can do this already. (Opens Textpattern for a play!)
...nope.
Hmm... Twitter location updates + Google Maps mash-up... certainly a few examples I note with a quick search (e.g. here).
We're getting there... GeoTweet
...more of the same old xml driven stuff.