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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / Australian Group / April 2005171 5678
Hi All Curious about the eventual use of 171 5678. At the moment, all that is sent back to me as an sms is the co-ords and no specific street detail, but will this service eventually be able to give you a rough idea as to where you are? I am guessing if it is able to give an idea as to where you are as in a street name etc, tourists may get some advantage out of such a service when lost (5678). At the moment, it seems that my state police are using such technology quite frequently through Telstra who advise them as to an approx street address for a person they are seeking when they obviously know what mobile phone number they happen to be on and that they are in fact carrying the phone with them. A few times of late they have been able to tell the officers which corner on what street they are most likely at at that given time. Intriguing stuff, well for me anyway. (-33.906387, 151.174703 unablke to find a suitable street directory not too siurprising im in a bit of a dud area but you are right fascinating....btw how much dids that just cost me? "Tony Lathouras" <tony_lathouras@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:41eb4cc3$0$24134$702eb3a4@ut-29elizabeth-reader-01.hobart.pipenetworks. com... > Hi All > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Intriguing stuff, well for me anyway. > (-33.906387, 151.174703 unablke to find a suitable street directory > > not too siurprising im in a bit of a dud area > > but you are right fascinating....btw how much dids that just cost me? Did you send a blank SMS or call the number? Triangulation on GSM to obtain coordinates sounds interesting :) Albinus. Sent an SMS with Test as text........ > > (-33.906387, 151.174703 unablke to find a suitable street directory > > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Albinus. > Sent an SMS with Test as text........ > >> > but you are right fascinating....btw how much dids that just cost me? Just checked on-line billing and it costs 25c Frank > > Sent an SMS with Test as text........ > > > >> > but you are right fascinating....btw how much dids that just cost me? > > Just checked on-line billing and it costs 25c yes, its just a standard SMS >> (-33.906387, 151.174703 unablke to find a suitable street directory >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Albinus. A blank SMS. The co-ordinates are not close to where I am though. Frank I imagine it is simply the co-ords of the base station that received the originating SMS, TSTO triangulation would require directionality and at least two stations to be receiving close to simultaneously and I don't think GSM nor CDMA work that way atm > >> (-33.906387, 151.174703 unablke to find a suitable street directory > >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Frank > I imagine it is simply the co-ords of the base station that received the > originating SMS, TSTO triangulation would require directionality and at > least two stations to be receiving close to simultaneously and I don't think > GSM nor CDMA work that way atm cdma does, gsm doesnt >>> (-33.906387, 151.174703 unablke to find a suitable street directory >>> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > A blank SMS. The co-ordinates are not close to where I am though. At best, considering all the factors that may decrease the signal strength etc from the handset to any one of the base stations to work on triangulation, it could only be very rough, surely? > A blank SMS. The co-ordinates are not close to where I am though. About 50m out here - quite impressive on GSM *looks for Big Brother* ;) Albinus. >> A blank SMS. The co-ordinates are not close to where I am though. > > About 50m out here - quite impressive on GSM *looks for Big Brother* ;) > > Albinus. My mistake, I didn't have my glasses on and got a number wrong. Yes, it is just about spot on ! Frank > (-33.906387, 151.174703 unablke to find a suitable street directory > not too siurprising im in a bit of a dud area Inner West... Marrickville perhaps? >> (-33.906387, 151.174703 unablke to find a suitable street directory >> not too siurprising im in a bit of a dud area > > Inner West... Marrickville perhaps? I calculate it to be Newtown, or Newtown/Marrickville. Frank The plan is that the location data will be placed on a "Whereis" street map and sent to you as a picture message for about $2. Telstra recently acquired street directory company UBD which produced the Whereis product. It has big plans to value-add to the service. I think Whereis is the only comprehensive Australia-wide electronic street directory. (Melway/Sydway don't have operations in other states and local directory companies in Bris, Adl and Per are all struggling.) > Hi All > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Intriguing stuff, well for me anyway. The Family Wrote: > The plan is that the location data will be placed on a "Whereis" street > map [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > local > directory companies in Bris, Adl and Per are all struggling.) Melway and sydway use street-directory.com.au and i personally prefer it as im in melbourne and have always used melways and am not used to the whereis.ubd mapping.  Signatureroma >Hi All > >Curious about the eventual use of 171 5678. Is this only for Telstra mobile users? Just tried it with a Vodafone and an Optus service - "sending failed". Thanks DJ! http://beta.phlog.net/user/OzDJ OzDJ@clubduh.com >> Curious about the eventual use of 171 5678. > Is this only for Telstra mobile users? > Just tried it with a Vodafone and an Optus service - "sending failed". I tried it from the slut, got 'message sent', but no response. >>> Curious about the eventual use of 171 5678. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I tried it from the slut, got 'message sent', but no response. I suppose you can expect that from sluts, take your money and give no service :-) (the way i understand it , the service is only available for Telstra GSM) peter > I tried it from the slut, got 'message sent', but no response. I tried from Tel$tra, received some co-ordinates, then a message that a suitable map reference could not be found. In the inner western suburbs of Sydney. SignatureDon't confuse me with facts, my mind's already made up. > > I tried it from the slut, got 'message sent', but no response. > > I tried from Tel$tra, received some co-ordinates, then a message that a > suitable map reference could not be found. interesting i always get the coords then a msg, "171LOST is a Telstra research prototype. It should not be used for any health and safety purposes" >>Hi All >> >>Curious about the eventual use of 171 5678. > > Is this only for Telstra mobile users? Only for Telstra GSM users. Telstra CDMA returns a message "Sorry, this service is currently offline. Please try again later." Works nicely with Telstra GSM though - I receive geographic coords and a UBD street directly map reference that has been spot-on the three times I've tried it out (from 3 different locations) > Just tried it with a Vodafone and an Optus service - "sending failed". > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > http://beta.phlog.net/user/OzDJ > OzDJ@clubduh.com > >Hi All > > > >Curious about the eventual use of 171 5678. > > Is this only for Telstra mobile users? Yes, its a Telstra Research Lab trial service >Hi All > >Curious about the eventual use of 171 5678. My results here: The SMS location: http://beta.phlog.net/entry/177917 The actual GPS location: http://beta.phlog.net/entry/177918 Now... go away, stalkers ;-) DJ! http://beta.phlog.net/user/OzDJ OzDJ@clubduh.com Has anyone located a co-rds to map or better still street map method or site? "Tony Lathouras" <tony_lathouras@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:41eb4cc3$0$24134$702eb3a4@ut-29elizabeth-reader-01.hobart.pipenetworks. com... > Hi All > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Intriguing stuff, well for me anyway. >Has anyone located a co-rds to map or better still street map method or >site? Just use the demo of http://www.oziexplorer.com if you're curious. DJ! http://beta.phlog.net/user/OzDJ OzDJ@clubduh.com |
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