Now that many mobile phones are equipped with GPS (global positioning system) its easy to take the location of the device. The GPS data is also attached to data the phone acquires like photos. Each photo has meta information that can range from date / time /latitude / longitude / elevation and event local temperatures. Distributed by Tubemogul.
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GPS technology has been used to keep track of mobile phones. The use of GPS technology in cell phones is not new however the latest mobile phones have GPS devices loaded in them which has made it extremely easy to keep track of someones location all the time and that too with great accuracy.
The use of GPS in mobile phones has so many advantages. Any person who is caught in an emergency situation can use their mobile phones to find their way out. It can be used to provide information about your ETA to your family members. It is also of great help in finding elderly or children when they are lost.
The movement of vehicles can be accurately tracked by the fleet managers and business owners using GPS, thus helping in their business. GPS technology has also been used by hospitals and police when they need to reach a place in an emergency situation.
The use of GPS technology in mobile phones was not common earlier. The technology was not perfect as the broadcasting of the radio signal would continue even when they were not in use, and hence it was not used. Triangulation method was used by mobile companies to keep a track of users location. But it was of no use to the companies and it was also a very tedious process.
But with the development of an excellent technology, GPS in mobile phones became common. Along with the many advantages, its use in mobile phones has several drawbacks.
Its biggest disadvantage is that it interferes with ones privacy. Anyone who carries a GPS mobile phone is always tracked even without his knowledge. No one likes to be tracked down like this all the time. The government and the courts have taken certain measures to make sure that everyones privacy is safeguarded. The courts have ordered law enforcement agencies not to obtain any GPS tracking information. Such information can only be obtained when the cell phone company claims the information to be extremely important or in the benefit of the country. The government has allowed GPS tracking information for e911 emergency calls only. For all other things, the consent of the cell owner is a must.
The benefits of GPS technology in mobile phones can be utilized in a proper way only if the rules and regulations made by the courts and the government are followed. The technology can then be used for all the right reasons without interfering with ones privacy.
George Wood
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I have a HTC Dash windows mobile 6 smart phone is there any programs that I can buy that will give me GPS on my mobile device?
GPS is hardware. You can use GPS software with your phone but if you dint have a separate or built in GPS receiver then you wont pick up satellite signals.
I've heard that if you sign up for the 10 a month GPS plan with boost mobile (and buy one of their GPS enables phones) you can, for example, put the phone in someone's car (like a son's/daughter's) and track them live. What do ya'll think? Serious answers only please.
if the boost plan is going through verizon, then they can download the "Chaperone" program from "Get it Now" then you can track the phone online through verizon for free. The cool thing is that the chaperone program is free to, which is good if your giving the phone to a middle school child, and you want to check up on them.