Posted by Jon on November 19, 2001 at 16:16:21 from 199.128.91.76:
In Reply to: Re: SandA WDMTGTS GPS posted by steve on November 18, 2001 at 07:21:32:
Many transportation companies use GPS in connection with an in-vehicle transmitter to monitor location of their vehicles. This includes trucking, bus, and rail lines.
In the U.S., cell phone manufacturers are probably going to include GPS receivers in their phones to comply with 911 (emergency) service requirements that cell phone callers be locatable to within 100 metres. This is likely to give rise to a barrage of additional services available through your cell phone, so you'll be able to call and get a reference to the nearest grog shop, ships chandler, etc. We can only hope that we won't be barraged by SMS ads whenever we get near a fast-food joint!
General Motors' OnStar system, available as an option in their cars, uses GPS in combination with the vehicle's cell phone to provide a variety of services (including calling 911 when your air bag deploys, since that presumes you had an accident).