Google Local is a service that puts maps of where you are on your phone. According to Google, the service doesn't work in Europe, nor does it take account of the GPS data your phone may send, but the intrepid phone hackers at Digital Lifestyles have figured out how to get Google to use accurate GPS signals from your phone and to display location data for Europe.
The discovery doesn't end there. After chatting further to Cristian Streng, we now also realise that there's detail on the Mobile version that isn't available via the 'normal' Web-based Google Maps.
To illustrate it, he sent us some screen grabs showing mapping data of Germany that is currently only available in GLM.
