Google Latitude is a new technology that allows users to share their geographical locations through their cell phones. As an extension of Google Maps for Mobile, Google Latitude can determine the precise location of a person, or their general area, based upon the privacy settings of the user. The user also has the option of hiding their location entirely or just from a specific person.
Knowing this, Goggle Latitude is able to enhance the users’ ability to connect with other people. It facilitates physical meetings, in contrast to the current popular technologies of the modern era. Rather having solely communication as its primary focus, it emphasizes the importance of face-to-face contact. Goggle Latitude concentrates on the location of a person and by making it known to others is able to bring people together. Rather than replacing human contact, it enhances it, and therefore positively improves the life of its users.
