Network Location is a Mac application that has been around for sometime. It's software, so it's not something we have mentioned before, but a new feature puts it firmly (ahem) on the Gadget Lab map: Geo-location.
The main purpose of Network Location is to change your Mac's settings when you move around: Connect to the server automatically when you get to the office, switch off your e-mail when you get home, lock the keychain at the coffee shop and so on. New in v.3, though, is support for Skyhook, the Wi-Fi triangulation service used by the iPhone and iPod Touch.
And it works. I toil in the back room of an old building that pretty much blocks Wi-Fi from the neighbors (and even from my own router). But when I hit the menu bar option (illustration above), Network Location triangulated my position in a few seconds and popped open a Google Map showing me exactly where I am. Or more accurately, showing me exactly where I would be if I walked 50 yards down the street.
Still, it's nifty, and if you only want it for geo-location you can use it free for 30 days, after which it'll cost $30.
Product page [Network Location via TUAW]
