In the olden days it was not at all possible to track the position of a mobile phone. If it was a landline phone it could be easily tracked. Now the situation has entirely changed.

With the technological developments it is now possible to track the mobile phones position with out much difficulty. The land phones can be easily traced out as it is stable.

By using triangulation method the mobile phones can be easily traced out. The mobile phones are designed in a way that they will send "pings" to the closest network masts to show their presence.

The moment when a mobile phone moves into a new field with new masts it immediately sends this pings to say, "I am here and I may want to make a call any time so be there to process the calls".

The mobile phone will send pings to every mast in its vicinity as long as it can pick network from it.

Triangulation is done with the closest two masts that is known by the power of the signal. The third point is based on the phone it self.

Somebody who is making a mobile phone call from a specific location can be tracked with triangulation.

The correct position of the person may not be obtained because the mobile phone caller may be moving. Still the city, street, or even the block can be located. A further enquiry will make it much easier to trace the person.

The Google Latitude is one way of locating where your friends are. Seeing as both of you are Latitude users it is possible for you to tell where they slept the previous night, where they are now as long as they are having their mobile phones with them.

This will serve the purpose of those you know only and if you require details on a mobile phone that you do not know who the owner is then latitude will not be practical for you. You will need a token fee for you to track the correct location of a mobile phone.

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