Comments on: What’s to stop GPS companies teaming up with radar detector companies and provided real time Satellite image? http://www.gpsbuyerguide.com/blog/whats-to-stop-gps-companies-teaming-up-with-radar-detector-companies-and-provided-real-time-satellite-image/ Sat, 01 Jan 2011 11:56:36 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: R J http://www.gpsbuyerguide.com/blog/whats-to-stop-gps-companies-teaming-up-with-radar-detector-companies-and-provided-real-time-satellite-image/comment-page-1/#comment-2999 R J Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:38:07 +0000 http://www.gpsbuyerguide.com/blog/whats-to-stop-gps-companies-teaming-up-with-radar-detector-companies-and-provided-real-time-satellite-image/#comment-2999 Not to worry! Just make sure your aluminum foil hat fits snugly over your forehead. RJ Not to worry! Just make sure your aluminum foil hat fits snugly over your forehead. RJ

]]> By: rickinnocal http://www.gpsbuyerguide.com/blog/whats-to-stop-gps-companies-teaming-up-with-radar-detector-companies-and-provided-real-time-satellite-image/comment-page-1/#comment-2998 rickinnocal Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:54:22 +0000 http://www.gpsbuyerguide.com/blog/whats-to-stop-gps-companies-teaming-up-with-radar-detector-companies-and-provided-real-time-satellite-image/#comment-2998 What's to stop them is that it's not possible. The range of a traffic radar is a few hundred yards. No way to pick them all up. A similar idea - but without GPS - is already available as am iPhone app. Users who see a cop with a radar hit a button on their iPhone and it sends its position (using cell-tower triangulation) to the company that then sends the position back out to all subscribers. Richard What’s to stop them is that it’s not possible. The range of a traffic radar is a few hundred yards. No way to pick them all up.

A similar idea – but without GPS – is already available as am iPhone app. Users who see a cop with a radar hit a button on their iPhone and it sends its position (using cell-tower triangulation) to the company that then sends the position back out to all subscribers.

Richard

]]> By: BigD http://www.gpsbuyerguide.com/blog/whats-to-stop-gps-companies-teaming-up-with-radar-detector-companies-and-provided-real-time-satellite-image/comment-page-1/#comment-2997 BigD Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:37:00 +0000 http://www.gpsbuyerguide.com/blog/whats-to-stop-gps-companies-teaming-up-with-radar-detector-companies-and-provided-real-time-satellite-image/#comment-2997 Can you imagine how complicated that would be? Most GPS devices only receive the time stamp from the satellites. They do not transmit anything. You would have to have a GPS device that would receive information from a radar detector, distinguish between police radar and supermarket doors and highway signs, send that data to the satellite the satellite would then have to process that and then be constantly updating all it's maps and relaying the info back to the GPS. The GPS would have to be constantly downloading tons and tons of data. It isn't feasible at this point. Can you imagine how complicated that would be?

Most GPS devices only receive the time stamp from the satellites. They do not transmit anything. You would have to have a GPS device that would receive information from a radar detector, distinguish between police radar and supermarket doors and highway signs, send that data to the satellite the satellite would then have to process that and then be constantly updating all it’s maps and relaying the info back to the GPS. The GPS would have to be constantly downloading tons and tons of data.

It isn’t feasible at this point.

]]> By: Ou812 the hate returns pt2 http://www.gpsbuyerguide.com/blog/whats-to-stop-gps-companies-teaming-up-with-radar-detector-companies-and-provided-real-time-satellite-image/comment-page-1/#comment-2996 Ou812 the hate returns pt2 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:11:37 +0000 http://www.gpsbuyerguide.com/blog/whats-to-stop-gps-companies-teaming-up-with-radar-detector-companies-and-provided-real-time-satellite-image/#comment-2996 Obstruction of Justice? It is possible, i own the Passport 9500 which has GPS installed to be able to 'mark' locations. They could modify the design so that it could transmit back every time it goes off ion order to warn other drivers. There would be some problems with false alarms though...ie, radar doors, road signs and even some farm equipment uses radar for speed. Obstruction of Justice?

It is possible, i own the Passport 9500 which has GPS installed to be able to ‘mark’ locations. They could modify the design so that it could transmit back every time it goes off ion order to warn other drivers.

There would be some problems with false alarms though…ie, radar doors, road signs and even some farm equipment uses radar for speed.

]]> By: Slappy http://www.gpsbuyerguide.com/blog/whats-to-stop-gps-companies-teaming-up-with-radar-detector-companies-and-provided-real-time-satellite-image/comment-page-1/#comment-2995 Slappy Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:43:10 +0000 http://www.gpsbuyerguide.com/blog/whats-to-stop-gps-companies-teaming-up-with-radar-detector-companies-and-provided-real-time-satellite-image/#comment-2995 Y would the police buy a unit like that? That is possibly the worst idea for everyone. Y would the police buy a unit like that? That is possibly the worst idea for everyone.

]]> By: wizjp http://www.gpsbuyerguide.com/blog/whats-to-stop-gps-companies-teaming-up-with-radar-detector-companies-and-provided-real-time-satellite-image/comment-page-1/#comment-2994 wizjp Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:33:23 +0000 http://www.gpsbuyerguide.com/blog/whats-to-stop-gps-companies-teaming-up-with-radar-detector-companies-and-provided-real-time-satellite-image/#comment-2994 lack of technology, tremendoous need for people and the cost. lack of technology, tremendoous need for people and the cost.

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