GPS Tracking my kid

[zero157h7]

Your best bet is to get her a cheap phone on family plan and really watch her minutes. (I am assuming that she does not already have one.) If she can't handle the minutes wisely, call customer care and get them to restrict incoming calls and have her carry it for emergency purposes. Set up Family Locater on the phone and spy to your heart's content.

[dew.man]

Originally Posted by atoy74

The irony here is that Sprint already offers the exact service you're looking for.

https://sfl.sprintpcs.com/finder-spr...ily/signIn.htm

Unfortunately, our phones are not supported.

Yes it does - worked fine with my Touch (although not very accurate). The Sprint Family Locator uses cell tower triangulation and is independent of the actual phone.

[VW]

The GPS satellites have no way of knowing whether a GPSr is receiving their signal or not, because the GPSr is a receiver only. A BT GPSr then takes that signal and transmits it to a device such as a WM device. There is no addressing at all. It operates basically via triangulation (quadrangulation?) at a large scale. Thats why generally the more satellites your GPSr receivers the better the accuracy will be.

They do make BT GPS loggers that operate as a BT GPS but also logs where you have been so theoretically you could buy one of those, throw it in her backpack and see where she has been all day after the fact

[demonlordoftheround]

Family Locator usually locates within 100 yards of the handsets actual location. I use it to check on my kids after school.

[Success100]

Originally Posted by VW

The GPS satellites have no way of knowing whether a GPSr is receiving their signal or not, because the GPSr is a receiver only. A BT GPSr then takes that signal and transmits it to a device such as a WM device. There is no addressing at all. It operates basically via triangulation (quadrangulation?) at a large scale. Thats why generally the more satellites your GPSr receivers the better the accuracy will be.

They do make BT GPS loggers that operate as a BT GPS but also logs where you have been so theoretically you could buy one of those, throw it in her backpack and see where she has been all day after the fact

right...(kinda just said that)...lol but yeah i dont think any type of addressing occurs on with the chip, now some other type of hardware or software could address it, but there is no universal address protocol.

And yes, its called triangulation, but it takes 4 sattelites to get a GPS lock

[VW]

Originally Posted by Success100

right...(kinda just said that)...lol but yeah i dont think any type of addressing occurs on with the chip, now some other type of hardware or software could address it, but there is no universal address protocol.

And yes, its called triangulation, but it takes 4 sattelites to get a GPS lock

Yea I agree you did essentially say the same thing. I think it takes 4 satellites to get a 3d lock, but one can get a 2d lock with only 3 satellites. At least thats what my garmin handset does

A question on that Sprint Family Locator. Doesnt that send a text to the handset that is being tracked to warn the person that he/she is being tracked?

Thanks.

[kellybrf]

Originally Posted by atoy74

The irony here is that Sprint already offers the exact service you're looking for.

https://sfl.sprintpcs.com/finder-spr...ily/signIn.htm

Unfortunately, our phones are not supported.

it works with the touch as a parent (or any web enabled phones) plus he can check it online

[Elveston]

Dig through th verizonwireless website for Chaperone. If she has one of the newer phones, Chaperone Child software can be downloaded onto it. Then for $10 per month you can locate her from a computer or a Chaperone Adult cell phone. And it no longer requires the little MIGO childs phone to work.

[No1ustad]

Originally Posted by VW

Yea I agree you did essentially say the same thing. I think it takes 4 satellites to get a 3d lock, but one can get a 2d lock with only 3 satellites. At least thats what my garmin handset does

A question on that Sprint Family Locator. Doesnt that send a text to the handset that is being tracked to warn the person that he/she is being tracked?

Thanks.

Yes. it periodically does. or it does whenever you look for them. you can set it for either way, but u have to choose one.

there are plenty of WM spy software out there that may help. if you get her a mogul instead, i'm sure there will be a software that uses the internal gps to log data and possibly transmit it over the 'net

[htcuser]

Is your child a trouble child? Gps on a child sounds funny.