Google Latitude maps friends, family
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
AP Technology Writer
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO — With an upgrade to its mobile maps, Google Inc. hopes to prove it can track people on the go as effectively as it searches for information on the Internet.
The new software to be released Wednesday will enable people with mobile phones and other wireless devices to automatically share their whereabouts with family and friends.

photo provided by Google Inc. The new software to be released Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, will enable people to use mobile phones and other wireless devices to automatically share their whereabouts with family and friends
A screen grab showing Google’s upgraded mapping system is seen in this