Re: [PHP] Re: Tracking a mobile phone
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. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Tracking a mobile phone
Angelo Zanetti wrote: 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. yeah Marcus is correct. the carriers will have that info but probably wont allow you to see it. But in theory it should work. I'm not sure why this two-month-old topic has been dredged up, but I believe that if you can install a custom Java (or similar) app on the mobile then you can (at least in NZ) easily find out the name of the cell that the phone is in (for example Cathedral Square here in Christchurch, New Zealand) but I'm not so sure about location. And some cell names are pretty vague (Christchurch East). Anyway, this is a bit OT now... -- Jasper Bryant-Greene Freelance web developer http://jasper.bryant-greene.name/ If you find my advice useful, please consider donating to a poor student! You can choose whatever amount you think my advice was worth to you. http://tinyurl.com/7oa5s -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Tracking a mobile phone
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 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Tracking a mobile phone
I think that would require tapping the cellphone network, which I doubt they would let you do since it be a major violation of privacy, because you could track the general location of anyone on their network. Thomas wrote: Hi there, I was wondering if anybody has attempted to track a mobile phone through a country. I know that this is usually more a case for the FBI . a friend of mine is going on a 4 month bike tour and I would like to 'track' him for locations. I thought of an sms receiving system, but if could do any other way would be great. Any ideas? Thomas -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Tracking a mobile phone
Hi I did hear of a gps feature that's been tested here. Basically you subscribe to a service by your provider and then you choose where to forward the data. I've seen it in use in some company that tracks it's least selling representatives (with their approval, off course). With kind regards Andy On Monday 18 July 2005 21:41, Ethilien wrote: I think that would require tapping the cellphone network, which I doubt they would let you do since it be a major violation of privacy, because you could track the general location of anyone on their network. Thomas wrote: Hi there, I was wondering if anybody has attempted to track a mobile phone through a country. I know that this is usually more a case for the FBI . a friend of mine is going on a 4 month bike tour and I would like to 'track' him for locations. I thought of an sms receiving system, but if could do any other way would be great. Any ideas? Thomas -- Registered Linux User Number 379093 -- --BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/O/E$ d-(---)+ s:(+): a--(-)? C$(+++) UL$ P-(+)++ L+++$ E---(-)@ W++$ !N@ o? !K? W--(---) !O !M- V-- PS++(+++) PE--(-) Y+ PGP++(+++) t+(++) 5-- X++ R*(+)@ !tv b-() DI(+) D+(+++) G(+) e$@ h++(*) r--++ y--() -- ---END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- -- Check out these few php utilities that I released under the GPL2 and that are meant for use with a php cli binary: http://www.vlaamse-kern.com/sas/ -- -- pgpbkJhEVedGr.pgp Description: PGP signature
[PHP] Re: Tracking a mobile phone
Ethilien wrote: I think that would require tapping the cellphone network, which I doubt they would let you do since it be a major violation of privacy, because you could track the general location of anyone on their network. Thomas wrote: Hi there, I was wondering if anybody has attempted to track a mobile phone through a country. I know that this is usually more a case for the FBI . a friend of mine is going on a 4 month bike tour and I would like to 'track' him for locations. I thought of an sms receiving system, but if could do any other way would be great. Any ideas? Thomas There was a way to do this... But it wasnt with cellphones... They have a tutorial thing on slashdot -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Tracking a mobile phone
The phone would have to have GPS capabilities.. Ethilien wrote: I think that would require tapping the cellphone network, which I doubt they would let you do since it be a major violation of privacy, because you could track the general location of anyone on their network. Thomas wrote: Hi there, I was wondering if anybody has attempted to track a mobile phone through a country. I know that this is usually more a case for the FBI . a friend of mine is going on a 4 month bike tour and I would like to 'track' him for locations. I thought of an sms receiving system, but if could do any other way would be great. Any ideas? Thomas -- Certified E-mail - No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.336 / Virus Database: 267.9.0/50 - Release Date: 7/16/2005 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Tracking a mobile phone
Yea that would be very very hard.. besides if your friend would do the trip in the usa, I doubt he can access the network at all ;) In any case, the most realistic choice would be to buy a GPS-enabled phone and write a nice Java app that does the job for you (maybe even flash-lite can do it). Evert Ethilien wrote: I think that would require tapping the cellphone network, which I doubt they would let you do since it be a major violation of privacy, because you could track the general location of anyone on their network. Thomas wrote: Hi there, I was wondering if anybody has attempted to track a mobile phone through a country. I know that this is usually more a case for the FBI . a friend of mine is going on a 4 month bike tour and I would like to 'track' him for locations. I thought of an sms receiving system, but if could do any other way would be great. Any ideas? Thomas -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
