>I know work has been done to roughly triangulate a cell phone users position >based on signal strength received at 3-4 cell towers (I believe to fulfill >upcoming 911 legislation). It seems to me you would need 3-4 access points, >but could do the same thing with 802.11. But somehow I don't think this >model translates well to the real world. >I know with the Lucent/Agere Orinoco windows drivers there is a very nice >signal strength indicator in the client manager (along with MAC addresses). >You could get a directional 2.4 GHz antenna >(http://www.andrew.com/catalog38/Results.aspx?SearchType=1&KeyWord=&KeyWord S >earchMethod=BEGINWITH&CatalogSectionID=17), and just turn it slowly and >watch the signal increase and decrease (similar to what wildlife biologists >do to track large mammals), and roughly locate the user that way.
I was thinking along the same line. I suppose you could have a friend drive around and you could map icmp response times from various distances and points around your town/city (shaky attempt at best I suppose). Then translate the information to a map to get a rough idea of how far away your target may be. That assumes he doesn't block the responses. You could then drive around to the most likely spots using the signal; strength meter mentioned until you locate a potential culprit. If you think outside the box, you may well devise a practical way to triangulate his/her location. Let us know what you come up with... ~S~
