Interesting NAV Question

08-12-2005, 08:24 PM

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Interesting NAV Question

Say your car is stolen...

Can the GPS Navigation be reverse-tracked? Say like lo-jack...could it be used to find your vehicle?

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08-12-2005, 08:34 PM

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No, it doesn't transmit anything, it just receives satellite signals.

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08-12-2005, 09:02 PM

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i dont find this the least bit interesting.

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08-12-2005, 11:43 PM

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You could build a carputer with wireless then setup a program try's to email you GPS coords everytime it finds a connection.

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08-13-2005, 12:42 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by abbid

IF youre going to build a CPU why not just get lojack?

lol, this man speaks the truth.

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08-13-2005, 11:20 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by abbid

IF youre going to build a CPU why not just get lojack?

Spoken like a true non-engineer! :D

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08-15-2005, 01:45 AM

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thanks it was mostly a FYI type of thing...I figured if it did then why bother upgrading my security system...which I am considering at some point...

thanks again

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