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What is Triangulation?
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I've heard the term 'triangulation' used when the issue of tracking or locating mobile phones comes up. How is this done exactly?
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Basic triangulation is defined here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangulation
with cell triangulation, the location of 3 (or more) mobile phone transmitters are known, so working out exactly where a phone simply involves signal strength measurement (the stronger a phone's signal, the closer you are to point a, for example).
A little more detail, here:
http://www.mobiledia.com/glossary/258.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangulation
with cell triangulation, the location of 3 (or more) mobile phone transmitters are known, so working out exactly where a phone simply involves signal strength measurement (the stronger a phone's signal, the closer you are to point a, for example).
A little more detail, here:
http://www.mobiledia.com/glossary/258.html
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