[LINK] Calculating A Mobile Phone User's Phyical Location

[Howard Lowndes]

In another forum a correspondent who appears to work for one of the phone
manufacturers and appears to be privvy to some of their programming work,
has claimed that his manufacturer is about to release software that will
locate an ordinary handset with an accuracy of 10-15 metres.

I can't offer the citation for obvious reasons, but trust me, I'm a
salesman (8-)

On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Patrick Corliss wrote:

> For those who are technically savvy about such things, how accurately can a
> mobile phone work out a person's physical location (assuming they are the one
> to use the phone)?  Is it possible to calculate a latitude and longtitude with
> any degree of accuracy using base stations?
>

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