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BigA · 11-29-2007, 04:10 AM

For all of those people who show their location off. Can anyone verify that the location showing on the device is actualy a CELL TOWER. My point is that the location shown is actualy the tower that your blackberry is using.

So if this is true. Then there is no triangulation going on. Just cell tower location. If this was true triangulation then the accuracy would be better. Also for triangulation to work your blackberry would have to be talking to 3 towers at the same time. So it can cris-cross your location. In the current setup it only knows what tower your bb is talking to.

So if you are in the boonies your bb should show you a less accurate location because those towers usually have a longer/larger coverage vs. a city cell tower which are lower and more numerous thus closer to your acctual location.

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Cell-tower triangulation: a workable strategy

11-29-2007, 04:10 AM	#130
BigA Talking BlackBerry Encyclopedia Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Northern Illinois Model: iphon OS: 5.0.x.x PIN: Prick Carrier: Verizon Posts: 421	For all of those people who show their location off. Can anyone verify that the location showing on the device is actualy a CELL TOWER. My point is that the location shown is actualy the tower that your blackberry is using. So if this is true. Then there is no triangulation going on. Just cell tower location. If this was true triangulation then the accuracy would be better. Also for triangulation to work your blackberry would have to be talking to 3 towers at the same time. So it can cris-cross your location. In the current setup it only knows what tower your bb is talking to. So if you are in the boonies your bb should show you a less accurate location because those towers usually have a longer/larger coverage vs. a city cell tower which are lower and more numerous thus closer to your acctual location. Read more. Cell-tower triangulation: a workable strategy __________________ “The best way I can describe BlackBerry is as a one-trick pony,” said Charlie Wolf, an analyst for Needham & Co. Last edited by BigA; 11-29-2007 at 04:27 AM..
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