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I want to be able to track my kids through their cell phone like a GPS kind of thing anybody know of a widget?
I saw something about a widget to do this. You have to enter some code number from their phone
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Nextel offers this as part of one of thier business plans. This might be something to consider.
The cell phone have to be equipped with the GPS locater first to track them!
yo. if u do that, u will prob lose the relationship with ur kids. they dont want u to always kno where they r. they might feel like u dont trust them, so they will stop trusting u.....bad deal if i may say
I haven't heard of exactly what...but my own use and knowledge of GPS and radio technology through my job (as a pilot...) could help you with a few tips about the "tracking" you'd be able to get. Cellular phones work on just that principle - cells. That is...that the phone is within a certain cell defined by radio transmission towers and sometimes, satellite. A cell can be quite broad...but a radio signal to the phone can obviously pin-point it. GPS or global positioning satellites work similarly - using a constellation of satellites each sending a timed signal to the receiver - using pulses sent from the GPS master station in Colorado, USA, to the satellie then to the receiver - the network figures out timing differences and can work out the position of the receiver at any one time. This is obviously more accurate than cellular phones - cell phones will only track to their own cell unless called - in which case they are pinpointed. So if you were to track kids through a phone - I hate to say it but you might end up with disappointment to know they are say, within a certain town but that's it... That's using cell phone networks alone. However - and you'd need added equipment, GPS tracking is much more accurate. I don't know what kind of GPS tracking equipment is available for civilian use - or it's legalities...but if you are in serious legal need for tracking - than I'd look personally at GPS equipment alone - phone tracking would be a waste of time in my opinion. Best of luck! :-) Hope this helps...
