The definition of GPS is "Global Positioning System" NOT "Global Positioning
Satellite".

Craig

"The Bob" <nospam@bob.com> wrote in message
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>D <noemail@respondhere.com> amazed us all with the following in
> news:e9e8v39asf0urbjaphv3tr98lb12b56on0@4ax.com:
>
>> On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:01:52 GMT, "P.Schuman"
>> <pschuman_no_spam_me@interserv.com> wrote:
>>
>>>If I enable the GPS location ON vs just have E911
>>>can I display my own LAT/LON values somehow without a map application ?
>>>I just want to be able to log specific GPS coords
>>>to be used later by standard GPS units.
>>
>> GPS on cell phones is not based on the satalites in orbit, rather they
>> triangulate off the towers. It isn't a true GPS....
>>
>
> Actually, some phones do have GPS and do not rely on triangulation.
>
> And your post highlights something that I find interesting. GPS is the
> acronym for "Global Positioning Satellite." Therefore, in order to offer
> GPS as a service, a unit would need to communicate with satellites.
> Anything else is simply a locator service, and is advertised as such.