Marcus Bointon wrote:

> On 18 Jul 2005, at 20:56, Sebastian wrote:
>
>> The phone would have to have GPS capabilities..
>
>
> Not true. The network knows what cell the phone is in(and cells are 
> pretty small in cities), and it knows where the cell is. This is the 
> mechanism that's used for location dependent services (especially 
> directions and local maps) that are currently being pushed in the UK.
>
> Whether you can get access to that information is another matter, 
> especially internationally.
>
> Marcus
>


yeah Marcus is correct. the carriers will have that info but probably
wont allow you to see it. But in theory it should work.

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