| The answer to your question, to cut the story is - yes. | | | | using that same equipment was very much regulated |
| You can absolutely locate someone by mobile phone. | | | | by the police. Telecommunication companies track the |
| Not so long ago, tracking people with Global Positioning | | | | current position of the mobile phone. The cell phone |
| System technology required buying expensive | | | | does not have to be steady, it can be mobile, the |
| software and hardware. Now, complete solutions are | | | | person could be travelling, and they can still trace the |
| available through cellular service providers. Today, | | | | location. That information is actually the same |
| anyone can trace a cell phone location. Significant | | | | information that police is using while solving all kinds of |
| steps have recently been made in the technology that | | | | All cell phone is always sending a message to the |
| is constructed to follow mobile phone location. And that | | | | closest tower. This is called a ping. Mobile phone |
| was stimulated by the demand for enhanced 911 (e911) | | | | tracking technology can locate the last tower your cell |
| emergency calling capabilities , and some events, | | | | phone pinged to and the nearby tower of the next |
| especially the events of September 11, 2001. | | | | level of signal strength to it. By using sophisticated |
| Technological discoveries and innovations which have | | | | triangulation algorithms, the technology can calculate |
| happened since include the integration of GPS | | | | how far you are from each of those towers. Then a |
| technology in almost every mobile phone, and an | | | | triangle is being created between those two towers. |
| improved capacity to identify a cell's location based on | | | | And the third point is your cell phone. The accuracy of |
| roaming signals from the closest antenna tower. | | | | this type of location may vary from a few hundred |
| There are so many reasons why you might track | | | | yards to several miles depending on distance from cell |
| down mobile phone location. Maybe your phone has | | | | towers and propagation variables. Newer mobile |
| been stolen, and you want to get a hold of it. You may | | | | phones equipped with GPS can determine your |
| want to keep track of your kids for their own safety. | | | | phone's location to within a few feet. |
| Maybe you are trying to find hospitals, stores or police | | | | The answer is an online cell phone site where you can |
| department nearby. Companies often use these type | | | | find not track down anyone but also get punctual and |
| of services when they have their own employees | | | | the newest addresses, every number they own, |
| working out, on the field, to take care of their security | | | | marital status, property information, criminal background |
| in cases of emergencies. It is impossible to list all the | | | | and so on. We're talking of a complete background |
| reasons for tracing down a cell location. | | | | check. You can do a preliminary search just to see if |
| If you have asked ten years ago the question: Can I | | | | they have the information on the person you are |
| locate someone by mobile phone? The answer would | | | | looking for. |
| be to buy the equipment yourself, and still the rules of | | | | |