E991 GPS and Mapping Software ????????????

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Dave <dave@somehere.net> wrote:

> OK - most of the new phones have E991 capability which means that they
> must track your position via the satellites. They also have usb
> connectivity cables.
>
> My question is: Do any of these phones have the capability to output
> the GPS signal thru the usb cable (NMEA format I suppose) so that the
> phone could be hooked up to a laptop with mapping software like MS
> MapPoint installed?

The GPS receivers aren't functional enough to act as general-purpose
units in that way. They also, by default, only work when you dial 911.

You may have gotten a somewhat different idea from watching "CSI Miami",
but it's important to realize that show is basically science fiction.

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Jeremy | jeremy@exit109.com

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In article <5ac4p1-djd.ln1@home.rogerbinns.com>, rogerb@rogerbinns.com
says...
> Dave wrote:
> > OK - most of the new phones have E991 capability which means that they
> > must track your position via the satellites.
>
> I don't believe there is a legal requirement for how they work,
> just that they must provide position information.
>
> The phones don't actually have full blown GPS receiver in them.
> They record the GPS signals and pass them on to the tower.
> The towers use triangulation combined with the GPS information
> (if any) to work out the location. At this point it means that
> the network operator knows the location of the phone, but
> not the phone itself.
>
> In theory the phone can then download that information from
> the phone network. I don't know of any phones that actually
> perform that last step (you can usually see hints of it in
> the service menu). I also don't know if VZW even allows them
> to download the info if they could since there would be
> various privacy and firewalling issues.
>
> However I do expect that what you are talking about will
> happen - it is just a matter of time. Hopefully it will
> help kick the handheld GPS industry into being a little
> nimbler.
>

I beliefe theer is service for At&T that you sign up and trace phoen
location from the website

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