Some cell phones have gps, but not the cheapies. Even with the ones that do I doubt you could get it remotely. There maybe a market for such a device... Brock On 4/20/07, Harv Nelson <ai9nl at arrl.net> wrote: > IS it possible for an "ordinary" person like me to retrieve the GPS > info from a Cell phon. > > I'm thinking of hanging one of those cheapie prepaid walmart Variety > TRACphones...on my puppy's harness. the next time she takes off after a > deer or kid on a bicycle. i'll be able to know exactlywhere she is with no > chasing, yelling or crying by pluging the numbers into map quest or google > earth. I can know exactly where she is and if I do it quickly enough ... how > she got there. > > thanks for any links, contacts or info. > > harv > washburn, wi > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- http://free-sailboat-listings.com http://spamdefeator.com