Jeffrey, you have got it. The question originates from a telco so privacy is not my problem. I probably should rephrase the question as "Are there any systems for telcos which allow the telco to select all their mobile phones within a polygon area?"
Jeffrey Johnson wrote: > If I understand correctly, Cameron is asking how to ask the telco > which phones are in a particular polygon at a particular time. Am I > right? If this list could be determined by alternate methods > (registered zip codes, checkins etc), there are any number of 'normal' > methods to send these phones an sms. The difficult bit is to find out > ALL the phones in a particular polygon at a particular time (not just > the ones that have registered their location with a particular app), > and seems to me you are going to have ask your friendly telco for that > kind of thing, and I seriously doubt they are gnna help. > > ? > > Jeff > > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Marc Pfister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On the more of the phone side of things, you could do it with the >> Asterisk open-source PBX. It does some basic SMS stuff and there are >> add-ins that extend the functionality further. >> >> Marc >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:geowanking- >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cameron Shorter >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 8:08 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [Geowanking] SMSing all phones in a polygon area? >>> >>> Hi, >>> Does anyone know of software or systems which can send SMS messages to >>> all phones in an operator specified polygon area? >>> >>> -- >>> Cameron Shorter >>> Geospatial Systems Architect >>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 >>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 >>> >>> Think Globally, Fix Locally >>> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source >>> http://www.lisasoft.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Geowanking mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Geowanking mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > -- Cameron Shorter Geospatial Systems Architect Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 Think Globally, Fix Locally Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source http://www.lisasoft.com _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
