The development of communications technology has long outgrown the unique ability to access others when they are mobile. Today, mobile communication devices are becoming much more technologically advanced and offer more than just the ability to carry on a conversation. GPS cell phone tracking is one such advancement.

GPS or Global Positioning System tracks your location by interpreting data received from 3 or more satellites. This has made GPS a popular feature in cars as a navigation aid.

All cell phones constantly transmit a radio signal, even when not on a call. Phone companies have been able to estimate the location of a mobile phone for many years using triangulation information from the towers receiving the signal. However, the introduction of GPS technology in cell phones has meant that GPS tracking now makes this information much more accurate.

With GPS technology now more common in many new cell phones, this means that the location of anyone carrying a compatible phone can be accurately tracked at any time. Therefore, GPS tracking can be a useful feature for business owners and fleet managers who need to be able to track the movements of their vehicles.

GPS cell phone tracking can also be a useful feature for emergency services or law enforcement when responding to a 911 call from a GPS-enabled cell phone. For this reason, the FCC has legislated that wireless networks provide location information for 911 calls made from mobile phones. These are known as E911 calls.

As technology advances further, future features will become even more powerful. Imagine GPS-enabled cell phones used as a navigation device. Based on the GPS tracking signal, they could be used to find your way to a location, calculate speed based on location change over time, calculate estimated time of arrival from this, suggest an alternate route, and even call over the phone to the person you are calling. Let’s see with your ETA! Of course, car GPS navigation systems can already perform many of these tasks, however it is the portability of mobile phones that makes them so useful for this technology.

GPS mobile phone tracking could also be used to locate the whereabouts of your children and offer protection to elderly relatives in case something happens and they need urgent assistance.

These features will help ensure the future of cell phones as a GPS tracking device that will bring benefits to everyone.