"You're aware that GPS receivers need
     a clear view of the sky, right?

     They don't work even in a wooden
     house."

Hmmm  - I've had (and continue to have) good
results with GPS in my wooden roof/brick
facade home ...

Also, you might want to look into what
www.snaptrack.com is able to achieve as far
as results within structures, and then there
is also the operational scenario where THE
PHONE/GPS combo *remembers* the last known
good fix GPS position fix ...

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "David VanHorn" <dvanhorn@CEDAR.NET>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 1:22 AM
Subject: Re: [OT]:cell phone locating


> >
> >a national authority could order all cell phones should be attached with
a
> >GPS receivers and on a request of the central tower they sould give their
> >positions immediately. The whole thing could be transparent to the user
> >such way it can be even hidden. Who knows whether it has been done
> >already? ;-)
> >I am not paranoid. But Andy Grove has written the book with title: Only
> >Paranoids survive.
>
> You're aware that GPS receivers need a clear view of the sky, right?
> They don't work even in a wooden house.
> Under a car roof is shaky.
>
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