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fy20 on Feb 24, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Don't believe ChatGPT – we do not offer a "phone l...

Back in 2008 I was working with a company in the UK that had an API to do this with O2. It only provided a rough area of where the user was, as it was based on which (single) cell tower the user was connected to.

I'd imagine today MIMO data is good enough to triangulate a very accurate (metres) position.

retconekt on Feb 24, 2023 [–]

5G MIMO is sub millimetre 3D accurate to microsecond timing given a good tower time reference.

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