A Look At Googles Cell Phone Tracking Service
More and more people are starting to use Google Latitude. This cell phone tracking system was released last year by Google and it still manages to surprise a lot of people.
You have to know that the GPS in your phone helps Google Latitude do its job but it’s not the only way of tracking down a cell phone. This program uses three different systems without counting the GPS in.
In its first attempt to track a cell phone down, Google Latitude will try to acquire information from the GPS of a cell phone. It is the most reliable information source available to Google Latitude. It can use other sources of information if the GPS of that certain cell phone won’t be available.
Another way to get the information necessary to track down a phone is by Wi-Fi. Google Latitude is able to recognize the ping effect that your cell phone might have towards any Wi-Fi location near you. By doing this, your cell phone is practically selling out its position to Google Latitude which is just great if you’re in a hurry to locate somebody.
When it will run out of options, Google Latitude will still try one method left. It will try to contact three cell phone towers in order to triangulate your position. This means that it will be able to track you down but with a lot of approximation involved which means that you won’t get the most exact response.
When it comes to important things, nothing is more important in the world of cell phone tracker apps than having good cell phone service. If the cell phone you are tracking is not under the service of a cell phone signal provider then Google Latitude won’t be able to do anything in order to track that cell phone down.