Nokia may have grand ambitions to shift 35 million GPS enabled handsets before the year is out, but if you’re still stuck with a non-satnav model Google has updated its My Location feature, which sniffs out where you are from the mobile phone network, so it’s much more accurate.

The feature, which is getting on for almost a year old, uses the signal strength from all the radio masts it can see – plus some clever maths – to pinpoint your location as best it can. It’s not as accurate as full blown GPS, but if it’s all you’ve got to go on it’s better than nothing.

The update means it now takes into account the number of radio masts around when displaying its best guess on where you are. In built up areas, for example, where there are lots of towers to tap into it’ll display a smaller best guess blue circle. Conversely, in rural areas it will now display a larger circle, but it’s more likely to be centred on your true location.

It’s also a completely hassle free update – any app that uses Google’s location service will automatically benefit from the upgrade.

(via All About Symbian)