Roger 2008 wrote:
> "News" <News@Group.name> wrote in message
> news:y4GdnVf5xo6Yk2vanZ2dnUVZ_o3inZ2d@speakeasy.ne t...
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>>Jack Hamilton wrote:
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>>>George <george@nospam.invalid> wrote:
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>>>>D wrote:
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>>>>>On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:01:52 GMT, "P.Schuman"
>>>>><pschuman_no_spam_me@interserv.com> wrote:
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>>>>>>If I enable the GPS location ON vs just have E911
>>>>>>can I display my own LAT/LON values somehow without a map application
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>>>>>>I just want to be able to log specific GPS coords
>>>>>>to be used later by standard GPS units.
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>>>>>GPS on cell phones is not based on the satalites in orbit, rather they
>>>>>triangulate off the towers. It isn't a true GPS....
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>>>>Actually some do use that as part of the solution.
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>>>>The problem with this question is that the OP cross posted to every
>>>>cellular group without specifying what carrier they use and what phone
>>>>they use.
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>>>And yet no one has answered the question for any phone or any carrier.
>>>Perhaps someone will have to write a custom program. Does GPS return
>>>lat/lon, or does it use some other location scheme?
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>>The HP iPaq hw65**/67**/69** GPS radio outputs NMEA 0183 Geographic
>>Latitude and Longitude (GLL) format coordinates, independent of carrier.
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> I believe that pretty much every GPS out there uses the "NMEA 0183"
> protocol.


But they're not all cell phones, are they?