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uuilly
on April 21, 2011
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Apple is not “recording your moves”
It should be possible to get a best fit curve between all the towers to get a more accurate position.
iang
on April 21, 2011
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Yep, it's called cell id location. I worked in mobile phone location about 8 years ago and you could find a rough position (about 200m radius IIRC) and we used it as a first pass. That was on GSM networks, 3G cells are smaller.
metageek
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And the newer E911 requirements which kick in next year call for 100m accuracy.
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