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Finding GSM Cell-Phone Location

Posted September 20, 2011 by Chris

This article presents a method for using GSM basics to find out your current location. A PHP script included in the article lets you input your cell phone’s details and then passes it to google maps to find out your location. Granted many phones already have GPS in them, location triangulation from GSM towers is also very useful.

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