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Old 04-11-2008, 08:50 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by Kat1962 View Post
Yes. Google maps is one of the applications that uses cell towers to triangulate your location within 1500 meters.
With Google Maps, it's not actually triangulation... and it's also not limited to a 1500 meter accuracy.
Depending on the density of the towers in a particular area, the location approximation can be much better than 1500m.

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