There are two general approaches to determining the position of a handset;
network based and handset based.
In a handset based solution you would have a GPS enabled device and would be
able to get the data right off the device via the appropriate protocol.
In a network based solution (of which there are many variations) you would
need to be able to request the location for a subscriber unit from the
network node that is responsible for position determination. I would hazard
to guess that this ability will be available for a fee...
Bob
Bob Frangooles
Radio Network Support
AT&T Wireless Services
Redmond, WA USA
425-580-6706
-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Havermale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 7:25 PM
To: MapInfo-L (E-mail)
Subject: MI-L Cell Phones and their Location
For those of you who follow the emerging 911 location potential of
essentially millions (purported to be more than 100 million by EOY 2002) of
new Java enabled cell phones for the pending 2.5. and 3G revolution, I have
one question...
How does one trigger the calculation of position in one of these
"positionally smart" phones such that position might be passed to a PDA that
is helping you navigate to always hard to find industrial park address - I
am here and I need to got there... sort of thing.
MidNight Mapper
aka Neil
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