Re: [OT] Finding people with GSM phones (was Re: GPS heads up )

[Nate Williams]

> > > Ask him if they can still do it at 35km out (the outer limit for a normal 
> > > GSM cell).  That'd really spook me. 8)
> > 
> > He wasn't interested in talking about it when I started asking about
> > single cell towers, so I never pressed him on the issue.  Maybe he was
> > afraid that the 100m accuracy claim would be found out to be un-doable,
> > but the Feds claim 'it must be that accurate', and they aren't
> > interested in spending the $$ for GPS receivers in the handhelds.
> 
> What's the actual background behind this?

Being able to track 911 calls in the case of emergency.


Nate


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