SMART Locator/Finder

[McLeor]

How does it work? talaga ba ma lo locate ka using this service? Do you need to subscribe the party that you want to be located? ???

Eh ang GLOBE meron din ba nito? How about ang SUN?

[yebo]

built in na yan sa cell site, it's how the phone company knows what cell site to use to send/receive your calls and text. accuracy is the area enclosed by the distance of the 3 nearest cell sites to you (triangulation). pag nasa probinsya ka, then it's down to 1 cell site and that could be several miles.

[1D4LV]

meron ba ang ordinary smart neto? (buddy, gold, infinity). ang alam ko pang smart kid lang to diba?

[chieffy]

yari ka pala pag nasa marilao ka he he

[rsnald]

meron yan sa SMART buddy kahit sa TNT pwede rin. matagal ng activated yan. di lang yata masyadong nagagamit ng SMART users.
nasubok ko na gamitin. pag within metro manila ka... medyo accurate. pero pag sa probinsya na... malaki na ang error. mga 5-10 kms din ang error. tulad minsan, alam ko na nasa sto tomas yung cell ng anak ko... pag locate ko... calamba daw! :freak: depende yan kung saang cellsite ka malapit.

[pajerokid]

Alam ko globe merong LBS (Location Based Services) dati but tengga yung project because of privacy issues.

I enrolled my sim dati (Mga 2001 ata yun.... )

[av8or5]

smart has this service for quite sometime. regarding provinces, due to a big location and one cellsite can cover a big area, thats why its not that reliable unlike in the metro where their are lots and lots of cellsite, which can pinpoint a location to a radius of 500 feet.

[Bogeyman]

Paging av8or5, kelan mago-offer ng ganitong service ang Globe, hehehe.

Maganda kung merong real-time locator service for private vehicles na din, para mata-track mo kung may tumangay na sa oto mo.

[av8or5]

sir bogeyman....meron yata smart na locator for cars...i know they were offering this when i was thinking of buying a pajero...

regarding your 1st question...soon ....very very soon...hehehehe...how soon..well...soon...

gosh...confusing answer...diba...

[McLeor]

Di kaya ito medyo mabigat na pag dating sa privacy nung tao, I mean kung nasa loob ka ng HAPPY Sauna eh huling huli ka ng commander mo....Dont you think that only the police should have access on this kind of services?

Ano ba ito, if I enroll my GF SIM, eh pwede na siya ma track ng kahit sino (i.e. ako, tatay niya, nanay niya, at yung ex BF niya??)

[silver_corolla]

Originally posted by McLeor
Di kaya ito medyo mabigat na pag dating sa privacy nung tao, I mean kung nasa loob ka ng HAPPY Sauna eh huling huli ka ng commander mo....Dont you think that only the police should have access on this kind of services?....

Hi McLeor,
This service will not envade your privacy unless you authorized that person to locate you. A user of this Person Finder can locate another mobile phone only if that other subscriber grants him permission. This is enforced through the use of a registration process where a subscriber grants permission to other mobile numbers to locate him/her. A password system prevents unauthorized users from adding names to the list of people who can locate a particular mobile number.

Originally posted by McLeor
....Ano ba ito, if I enroll my GF SIM, eh pwede na siya ma track ng kahit sino (i.e. ako, tatay niya, nanay niya, at yung ex BF niya??)

Initially upon registration (WI ON send to 288) of your GF's SIM to Person Finder, she can only locate her own position. Nobody is authorized to track her even you, her family and friends and others. She needs to grant permission to track her by sending some keywords for authorization from her phone. e.g. WIS <name> <mobile number> <password> and send to 333.

Br,
Pete

[silver_corolla]

Originally posted by av8or5
....in the metro where their are lots and lots of cellsite, which can pinpoint a location to a radius of 500 feet.

Hi av8or5,

Accuracy is 328 feet in radius and the landmark which appears on the notification is within the vicinity.

Br,
Pete

[silver_corolla]

Originally posted by happy_gilmore
meron ba ang ordinary smart neto? (buddy, gold, infinity). ang alam ko pang smart kid lang to diba?

Hi happy_gilmore,

All Smart mobile brands (gold, infinity, addict, buddy, tnt, amp, smart kid) can avail Person Finder Service.

Br,
Pete

[Bogeyman]

Originally posted by McLeor
Di kaya ito medyo mabigat na pag dating sa privacy nung tao, I mean kung nasa loob ka ng HAPPY Sauna eh huling huli ka ng commander mo....

Eh? Aba, problema na yun ni mister kasi pinili niyang magloko eh, herherherher.

Will the locator still work if the cellphone being located is turned off or has no signal i.e. nasa basement ng isang building?

[silver_corolla]

Originally posted by Bogeyman
....Will the locator still work if the cellphone being located is turned off or has no signal i.e. nasa basement ng isang building?

Hi Bogeyman,

No, the Person Finder service will tell you that the person you're trying to locate "is in an area with weak signals or the phone has been turned off and cannot be determined."

Br,
Pete

[CaRGirL]

ang cool nito. pero syempre may limitations kung sino pwede mag WIS (Where IS) sayo. almost accurate ang results, or the nearest landmark...

[frt]

Pete minsan accurate minsan layo eh. office namin sa may Julia Vargas sa Ortigas minsan tinest namin ang sinabi nasa Wack Wack golf course daw ako :D

[silver_corolla]

Originally posted by CaRGirL
ang cool nito. pero syempre may limitations kung sino pwede mag WIS (Where IS) sayo. almost accurate ang results, or the nearest landmark...

Hi CaRGirL,

Limitations are all depends on you. Limitations in the sense that only the persons you know have the authority to locate you because in the first place you granted that person to do so. Limitations in the sense your security and privacy is still intact because you still have the control whether to know or not to know your whereabouts.

The more persons you authorized to locate you the more you exceeding your limitations.

By the way, in the end of the day you also have the right to know who are the persons trying to locate you. ;)

Br,
Pete

[silver_corolla]

Originally posted by frt
Pete minsan accurate minsan layo eh. office namin sa may Julia Vargas sa Ortigas minsan tinest namin ang sinabi nasa Wack Wack golf course daw ako :D

Hi frt,

Sometimes this will happen talaga normally simply because your coordinates is different from the last time you locate yourself. Actually the Person Finder service measuring your current position based on the cellsite with much better in terms of signal strength and power serving you. Nagkataon lang na iba ang nag-serve sayo on that time kaya iba ang ibinigay sayong location information. malamang ang ang nagserve sayong cellsite malapit sa Wack-Wack cellsite.

Br,
Pete

[McLeor]

Pete,

Medyo mahina kase IQ ko, so di ko pa din ma gets...Do you mean to say, that only my GF can activate her own Person finder (register her own SIM). And then, if she wants "me" to locate her, she will send another authorization to SMART by sending my name,SIM (fon #) and password of her choice...

So if my own number is now authorized, I can locate her anytime, right?

If I do so (request from SMART her location), does she have to know it, I mean, will she receive first a text message informing that her "boyfriend" is trying to locate her (whom she had authorized previously) , and first ask her permision before SMART sends "me" the information of her exact location??? Sort of like waiting for the person's real time GO signal before I can locate her.

Or was it, after the initial authorization of my # done by my GF, I can locate her anytime, without her knowledge??....

If I locate "her" 20x a day, will she ever know it that I am the one trying to track "her"?

Kase, I am wondering...this is a good idea for locating your loved ones (for security purpose, specially for kids and teeners etc), I am a globe user, GLOBE doesnt offer such LBS yet. I might switch to SMART if this balances privacy and security...

By the way, If I go out of the country, and I am worried about my "GF" back home, can I still use the service? Can I track her down even if I am in the US?

How much nga pala ang pag avail ng ganitong services?

Thanks

Mc