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Old July 27th 07, 06:15 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default GPS Cellphone Tracking - Track Anyone Anytime Anywhere

Robert M. Gary wrote:
On Jul 26, 7:45 am, wrote:
Thomas Borchert wrote:
With the new phones with built in GPS


There are but a very few.
--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)


Well, yes and no.

First, E911 is a US program, so obviously it doesn't apply anywhere else.

--Simplified Explaination--

The E911 program mandates cell carriers increase the accuracy of
cell phone location.

The program is implemented in phases.

In the intial phases, carriers have the option of either increasing
their triangulation accuracy or going to GPS phones.

Some carriers have chosen one method, some the other.

The majority of the major cell carriers chose the GPS method.


So now the gov't is setting the minimum cost for a cell phone by
essentially requiring me to pay for a phone with GPS. Damn, you let
those liberals get anywhere near power and prices start going up.


AFAIK, it isn't a mandate that phones ever go 100% GPS, but as
discussed elsewhere, since the majority of carriers have choosen
that route, it will eventually probably be hard to find a phone
without a GPS chip.

And since the trend these days is to cram piles of none-telephone
features (take pictures with your telephone, who'd a thunk it?)
into cell phones, I doubt it will be long before phones will let
the users actually use the GPS data.

So, not too far in the future, you will be able to listen to
the Grand Canyon Suite on your phone MP3 player while taking
pictures of the Grand Canyon on your phone, e-mailing the pictures
to Aunt Agatha from your phone, while noting your precise location
on the GPS display on your phone for future reference (Aunt Agatha,
this is the spot to go to) all while getting the ball game scores.

The mind boggles.

--
Jim Pennino

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