Re: Re: Tracking a mobile phone
| From: | Angelo Zanetti | Date: | Fri, 02 Sep 2005 11:15:33 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: Tracking a mobile phone | ||
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Marcus Bointon wrote:
> On 18 Jul 2005, at 20:56, Sebastian wrote:
>
>> The phone would have to have GPS capabilities..
>
>
> Not true. The network knows what cell the phone is in(and cells are
> pretty small in cities), and it knows where the cell is. This is the
> mechanism that's used for location dependent services (especially
> directions and local maps) that are currently being pushed in the UK.
>
> Whether you can get access to that information is another matter,
> especially internationally.
>
> Marcus
>
yeah Marcus is correct. the carriers will have that info but probably
wont allow you to see it. But in theory it should work.