Google appears to be working on a plan to track all cell phone towers and wireless hot spots in order to allow developers working on mobile applications to be more capable of tracking a user’s exact location. Geo-location services are increasingly popular on mobile phones (more than one gained attention in the Android application development challenge) but they currently rely on internal GPS which is considered to be unreliable and often inaccurate. By mapping out towers and hot spots, Google hopes to create a more reliable system for tracking a mobile user’s location. The information can also be used by customers who are trying to find the closest hot spot. Google is using a location services API on its Google Gears site to make this information free to developers but it is unclear what stage of development the project has reached.