That’s A-GPS using WiFi and related location databases. A raw, basic, $40 gps module attached to an arduino gets nothing useful in the middle of my standard wood and stucco house.
-- Sent from my iPad > On Oct 25, 2018, at 10:48 PM, Aaron C. de Bruyn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Depends on the construction. > I usually get a good GPS fix on my cell phone indoors. > > Then again, I don't work in the 4th sub-basement of a skyscraper. ;) > > -A > >> On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 10:36 PM Carlos Alvarez <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> They don’t work indoors. >> >> >> -- >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Oct 25, 2018, at 10:07 PM, Aaron C. de Bruyn via VoiceOps >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I've always wondered why VoIP phones don't have a cheap GPS chip in them. >>> >>> Sure, it could raise all sorts of problems from a spoofing >>> perspective, but for valid 911 calls it could come in handy... >>> >>> -A >>>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 4:41 PM Ryan Delgrosso <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Automatic, nope. Psuedo-auto im looking at it now. >>>> >>>> West supports sending custom headers to indicate a phones location inside >>>> a building to provide additional routing info but nothing using >>>> geo-location. >>>> >>>> You could leverage this to have phones send custom headers based on >>>> network location. >>>> >>>> I have not seen anything using geo-ip or GPS primarily because most IP >>>> handsets dont to those things. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 10/23/2018 4:21 PM, Carlos Alvarez wrote: >>>> >>>> Is anyone doing this yet? The ability to detect the location of a phone >>>> and automatically update the 911 address? Yes, I realize it's a difficult >>>> if not impossible thing, yet thought I'd ask since a customer asked me. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> VoiceOps mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> VoiceOps mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops >>> _______________________________________________ >>> VoiceOps mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops >> _______________________________________________ >> VoiceOps mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops _______________________________________________ VoiceOps mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops
