We have a RSD who carries three cell phones, two were issued by the
company.
The latest one has active GPS capabilities and the head office in
Baltimore is
VERY aware of where he is. It has turned out to be a major pain for us
because
he comes down to the very small office space in the store to work on his
paperwork. He used to do it at home but is scared to do that now
because
they can locate him so precisely.
The joke around our store is "why can't he get lost so the company can
go and
find him?" He covers thirteen stores from Seattle to El Paso and we
would
willingly share him on an equal basis with the other stores.
On the positive side, some snowmobilers got lost over the weekend in
the high
country and they were located by using the GPS capabilities on one of
the cell
phones they carried. The local Air-Med and Life Flight helicopters
apparently
are now being equipped with GPS locaters to help in rescue missions.
Wes
On Jan 4, 2006, at 9:07 AM, Mike Meierle wrote:
> GPS is mandated in Cell Phones for 911 purposes. The triangulation
> requires
> special coordination too time consuming for the volume of Cellular 911
> calls.
>
> "The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mandated that all cell
> phone
> providers have the technology in place to provide Enhanced 911 (E911)
> service, giving emergency operators the caller's physical location, by
> 2004,
> and 95% of phones are required to be GPS-enabled by the end of 2005.
> All
> cell phones being sold now by major providers contain the GPS
> technology. If
> you have an older phone that doesn't support GPS, it won't be turned
> off,
> but when you go to replace it, you'll get a GPS-capable phone."
>
> Mike M.
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