Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 13:39:42 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams), hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [OT] Finding people with GSM phones (was Re: GPS heads up ) Message-ID: <200005061939.NAA18540@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <200005061907.MAA07403@mass.cdrom.com> References: <200005061850.MAA18384@nomad.yogotech.com> <200005061907.MAA07403@mass.cdrom.com>
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> > > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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