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Originally Posted by Geekcop
One would think so...but I'm pretty certain PSAPS (911 centers) use cell tower location as opposed to GPS, as there are a number of phones that don't have GPS
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Well, actually, they use both....
On the initial call to the 911 center, the system performs a phase 1 query, that is cell tower triangluaton.
After being connected, the phone operator can perform a phase 2 query, which will get GPS cordinates if available.