Re: Re: Not sure about this one...

[David Paterson <david.paterson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 26 May 2004 23:42:42 +0100, you wrote:

>I saw a few weird ones today, showing the site to various friends and
>colleagues - from very large areas (up to 10Km away) through to the
>"can't find that mobile" message you describe...
>
>The real point of the service is tracking where loved ones and business
>contacts are rather than a "where am I" type service -
despite their
>marketing bumph talking about "peace of mind about your loved
ones", I'd
>think that the inaccuracy of the system would just cause more concern
>than anything else.
>
>Ian.

There's quite a few of these services on the go now.

I signed up with one (Fleet Online) about a year ago, with thoughts of
HA applications based on where I was, where I was going etc., but the
accuracy currently doesn't seem to be good enough for anything useful.

I'm sure it'll be better and cheaper in the future.

David P.

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