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Use Your Gmail as a Geo Locator

February 12th, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments

Cool new feature to Gmail services: you can now have your whereabouts added to your signature at the time your email was sent. Google is able to do this through the use of IP detection.

To enable your location in your signature:

  1. Head to the Settings > Labs in your Gmail account (or just click on the green beaker)
  2. Find Location in Signature, select Enable and save changes.
  3. Go to your signature preferences (under Settings > General)
  4. Check the box next to “Append your location to the signature.”

For more accuracy use the latest version of Gears that supports the location module. That will allow Gmail to use WiFi access point signals to get a more accurate read on your location.

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