Well this does help the 911 folks out a little, it really isnt too much different from what there doing now. What happens now (atleast where i saw it) if a cell phone comes in, it gets recorded to a DB just like any other call, but the problem with cell phones is for its description it will only say the name of the provider and your location is estimated by traingulating your where abouts through your cell providers network. What they are hoping with this new gps service is that now they will know your exact where abouts, makes it easier for them to dispatch services too, and it will also have all of your information.
See the way i see it this whole gps bussiness really doesnt help 911 out that much (unless im missing something) but maybe this service would be better tied in with this new cell phone tapping network that also has to be implemented in the very near future?
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hmm im pretty sure thats what the local 911 service uses to connect all police and emergency vehicles to their whole network..
Well this does help the 911 folks out a little, it really isnt too much different from what there doing now. What happens now (atleast where i saw it) if a cell phone comes in, it gets recorded to a DB just like any other call, but the problem with cell phones is for its description it will only say the name of the provider and your location is estimated by traingulating your where abouts through your cell providers network. What they are hoping with this new gps service is that now they will know your exact where abouts, makes it easier for them to dispatch services too, and it will also have all of your information. See the way i see it this whole gps bussiness really doesnt help 911 out that much (unless im missing something) but maybe this service would be better tied in with this new cell phone tapping network that also has to be implemented in the very near future?