Is It Possible to get a (rough) Mobile Phone Location from a HTTP Request

Question

If memory serves me correctly, google does this for the maps site. I know google\'s mobile maps app can determine the rough location (I assume using some kind of cell tower

Answer 1

We were using Google Gears for some time and that worked on Windows Mobile version 5.0 plus devices. Google recently stopped that service. Yahoo have now started something called Yahoo Fire Eagle. Sounds good, haven't yet checked it out. I dont have a Yahoo account, yet.