Mobile location tracking on Google maps.

Question

I need to develop a feature for one of my website by which user can track any mobile number on Google maps just like the link below.

Go o the following link and enter the 9810098109 number in textbox to find its location on map.

http://wwwa.way2sms.com/jsp/LocateMobile.jsp

I want to know either this page is using a third party tool to get the latitude and longitude along with service provider and draw the map accordingly or its some sort of feature provided by Google ?

Is there any freeware services to get this done ?

Answer 1

Check Google maps API for markes http://code.google.com/intl/en-Us/apis/maps/documentation/overlays.html#Markers.

Answer 2

I don´t know any service allows to get user´s location from msisdn. But in some countries you can use HLR look-up for getting MSC and so you can localize to user nearly. Please if you find some, share it.