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From: Andy Burns on 10 Jan 2010 08:57
On 10/01/10 12:41, Bob Eager wrote:

> I registered for Google Latitude yesterday, to try it out. The phone has
> no GPS, but it fairly accurately (within a mile or so) located my phone.

With Latitude the phone reports the current cell ID to Google via
3G/GPRS, they then lookup the location of your current cell from their
database, it doesn't use timing/sector/triangulation functions of the
network to locate you.

From: Frustrated of Wapping on 10 Jan 2010 11:09

"Robin" <robsong(a)byebye.com> wrote

> I'd like to keep an eye on my three kids now and again. You know make
> sure they are going where they said, or staying over with who they
> said etc. Tacky I know but peace of mind over their safety is
> paramount.

Lock them in the basement - it's the only way to be sure.

Alternatively, you could sit down and have a conversation with them about
personal safety, trust and responsibility, things like that.


From: Chris Blunt on 11 Jan 2010 05:58
On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:26:17 -0800 (PST), andy
<andy.ggrps(a)googlemail.com> wrote:

>Mind you, Google's recent habit of getting some coordinates wrong on
>Google Maps puts a Travelodge 100 yards away from here, though that's
>actually about 4 miles
>
>Sitefinder isn't much better. It says I'm in a 3 miles by half a mile
>lake.

I had a large collection of "My Places" stored on Google Earth which
used to appear in their correct positions. When Google updated their
image of the area recently all of them moved to locations about 100
yards from where they should have been. It seems the alignment of
Google's maps is not that precise.

Chris
From: tony sayer on 11 Jan 2010 06:06
In article <spgik518dp8n39cufqil90mem1n20kgken(a)4ax.com>, Robin
<robsong(a)byebye.com> scribeth thus
>On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 21:50:45 +0000, tony sayer <tony(a)bancom.co.uk>
>wrote:
>
>>In article <e63hk5hn8praoek7ok11ja42pt8j5lnti3(a)4ax.com>, Robin
>><robsong(a)byebye.com> scribeth thus
>>>I'd like to keep an eye on my three kids now and again. You know make
>>>sure they are going where they said, or staying over with who they
>>>said etc. Tacky I know but peace of mind over their safety is
>>>paramount.
>>>
>>>Any services that actually work well? I see lots advertise it but they
>>>sound like scams most of them.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>
>>Www.followus.co.uk works quite well. Doesn't use GPS but can be used on
>>most all phones except the 3 network. Uses the timing signals between
>>base stations. Not as accurate as GPS but more often than not GPS is
>>sodded up inside buildings. Accuracy is generally around 2 to 3 hundred
>>metres sufficient for some applications.....
>
>It seems you cannot have covert tracking in the UK by law so I guess
>that sort of stuffs that idea. Oh well thanks guys for the help.
>
>

Well the person being tracked is told by text that they are being
tracked, so yes your right on that. They aren't told each time their
tracked however...

Perhaps if they did have a real problem they might be glad someone is
watching over them?.

I had a nasty accident out in the sticks last July and If I hadn't been
found then I wouldn't be writing this now. In fact tho I had my mobbie
with me I was in no fit state to use it but it was sufficiently accurate
for someone to find me at that location....
--
Tony Sayer



From: Tim Downie on 11 Jan 2010 07:00

"Gordon Henderson" <gordon+usenet(a)drogon.net> wrote in message
news:hiamp1$2suk$1(a)energise.enta.net...
> In article <e63hk5hn8praoek7ok11ja42pt8j5lnti3(a)4ax.com>,
> Robin <robsong(a)byebye.com> wrote:
>>I'd like to keep an eye on my three kids now and again. You know make
>>sure they are going where they said, or staying over with who they
>>said etc. Tacky I know but peace of mind over their safety is
>>paramount.
>>
>>Any services that actually work well? I see lots advertise it but they
>>sound like scams most of them.
>
> They work.. When the phone is turned on.

Did your parents track you as a child? Just because it's techincally
possible doesn't make it a good idea. Children need their independance and
opportunities to make their own mistakes to grow into adults.

Don't get me wrong, as a father with two daughter's I understand the urge to
know where your kids are but that's all you're going to get from tracking,
not what they're *doing*. If ever they realise that you are tracking them
then you'll lose trust & respect. Any savvy kid would change either his
mobile or number.

Tim


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