Can 911 locate you on a cell phone?

Quote: Originally Posted by gerryh

You two I expected not to have read the article. Mhz, because he can't read, and cannuck because he thinks he knows it all. Like Petros pointed out, the article explains why 911 doesn't get location services from cell phones.

Today's cellphone system does not automatically send location data when you dial 911. After the call comes in, the dispatcher's computer transmits a digital request to the cellphone network seeking the phone's location. The data exchange can take seconds or even minutes. Sometimes, it doesn't return a location at all.

Quote: Originally Posted by Dexter Sinister

If the phone is GPS-capable, and the function is enabled, you can be located to within a few meters. My wife and I have tested this with our iPhones' "Find my iPhone" feature, it shows you a map with roads identified on it and an icon showing the phone's location. In an urban area it can pin your location down to a street address. I dunno if the 911 people have that technology, I've never had to call them, but it's certainly doable in principle.

Quote: Originally Posted by gerryh

You two I expected not to have read the article. Mhz, because he can't read, and cannuck because he thinks he knows it all. Like Petros pointed out, the article explains why 911 doesn't get location services from cell phones.

Quote: Originally Posted by MHz

How do 'we' know you read the article, you might be working off Pete's post???

Quote: Originally Posted by MHz

How do 'we' know you read the article, you might be working off Pete's post???

Quote: Originally Posted by Dexter Sinister

If the phone is GPS-capable, and the function is enabled, you can be located to within a few meters. My wife and I have tested this with our iPhones' "Find my iPhone" feature, it shows you a map with roads identified on it and an icon showing the phone's location. In an urban area it can pin your location down to a street address. I dunno if the 911 people have that technology, I've never had to call them, but it's certainly doable in principle.

Quote: Originally Posted by DaSleeper

There are apps that will do it more easily than find my phone, where you have to remember each other's username and password, which also takes time to do
The easiest way is in a text message....like this....

Since when you open maps on IPhone your location is automatically there

How to send any location from the Maps app with iMessage

1. Launch the Maps app on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Find the location you'd like to share. ...
3. Tap on the Share button.
4. Tap on Message.
5. Type the name of the person with whom you'd like to share your location.
6. Tap Send.