Google's 'My Location' tracks your PC's location on Google Maps - PC World

Google is making it easier for you to find out where you are, with the introduction of My Location for the desktop. First introduced in late 2007 as a tool for Google Maps for mobile, My Location offered directions by triangulating your position based on surrounding cell towers.

My Location for the desktop uses Wi-Fi access point information instead of cell towers, but just like the mobile version, My Location on the desktop drops a little blue dot onto your approximate location in Google Maps...