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If I was a concerned boss, I would likely use GSM cell info to track my drivers. While not good enough to do turn-to-turn navigation it certainly is good enough to tell where people are.

Btw, don't smartphones have this built in? I remember some old and cheap Android phones without GPS that came with this.



I believe they do. It’s used to get an initial fix before you get gps coordinates. Wifi network names in range might also be used.


That's A-GPS. I think that the A stood for Assisted or maybe Augmented.




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