cheel's dashboard

Hi there, two questions.

1) is Brightkites iPhone app able to determine my exact location via the iPhone's GPS capabilities (without selecting from a list of establishments)? So far I've only checked in in my home town. Telling my friends I'm in Vancouver is pretty pointless and it seems that's all that happens when I check in so far. I can see other people checking in with detailed address info, am I doing something wrong?

2) is there or isn't there sms support for Canada, and if there isn't why wouldn't this information be outlined on the "send confirmation to phone" screen so I don't have to spend a half hour trying it over and over again until I find some year old forum post about its unavailability in Canada.

thank you