How to determine location of user/phone using plain SMS ?

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+1 Q:

How to determine location of user/phone using plain SMS ?

how to know user location via sms from server without any applications installed in mobile

+5 A:

This is not possible. This will never be possible.

this. __curious_geek 2010-05-17 06:51:27

Atleast, I hope it never will be...

Matthew Scharley 2010-05-17 06:51:58

Definately it won't ever be possible. text and voice are witihn operators' province and no one can ever barge in to it.

this. __curious_geek 2010-05-17 06:53:25

Protocols and laws change. The phones (and presumably the providers) have access to this information. Technically, it's all there, there's just nothing connecting the dots (thankfully). Noone can 'barge into it' as you put it, but they could still potentially provide this information through some scheme... Thankfully I don't have a mobile.

Matthew Scharley 2010-05-17 06:56:34

It's called LBS (Location Based Services) and yes it exists very much so outside of the US and has started to grow within the US on all smartphone devices

Phill Pafford 2010-05-19 16:10:38

+1 A:

Get the user to type their postcode/zipcode etc in the SMS, then detect and parse it at the server.

funkybro 2010-05-17 08:09:34

I would look into Location Based Services (LBS)

Phill Pafford 2010-05-19 16:08:12