[Geowanking] mobile phone tracking services in US?

[Dennis Crowley]

>  Currently only Nextel has opened up the three elements
> neccessary to do this kind of service: 1) internet data service, 2)
> ability to load a Java or Brew app on to the phone, 3) a GPS chipset
> that a app can access

wait, location-tracking should be available on all phones, regardless 
of whether they have a GPS chipset.

i think the problem lies with the carriers not making this data 
accessible to developers (for privacy reasons, no doubt).  i looked 
into the
AT&T SDK, but it seems to be non-existent.

interestingly, some phones do have an on/off setting location-tracking. 
  (e.g. my Verizon LG6000 allows me to turn toggle my "Location 
Settings" between "E911 Only" and "Location On" (which i'm assuming 
translates to "opt in") .  i wonder when / if this data will ever be 
accessible to developers.

anyone?

/d







On Dec 19, 2003, at 1:19 PM, Allen Smith wrote:

> There are a couple of companies that are trying to commercialize this
> kind of service.  Check out http://www.uLocate.com
> I wrote the J2ME code that sends the location info from the phones to
> their server.  Currently only Nextel has opened up the three elements
> neccessary to do this kind of service: 1) internet data service, 2)
> ability to load a Java or Brew app on to the phone, 3) a GPS chipset
> that a app can access
> Allen
>
> =====
>
> Allen Smith
> Allen at gadgeteer.org
> Track my cell phone in real time
> http://www.gadgeteer.org
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