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iang
15y ago
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Yep, it's called cell id location. I worked in mobile phone location about 8 years ago and you could find a rough position (about 200m radius IIRC) and we used it as a first pass. That was on GSM networks, 3G cells are smaller.
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metageek
15y ago
And the newer E911 requirements which kick in next year call for 100m accuracy.
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