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Trilateration, actually. The towers aren't measuring your angle, but your distance.
by dublinben 12y ago
Trilateration, actually. The towers aren't measuring your angle, but your distance.
- colechristensen 12y agoBeing pedantic, it's neither. Both signal strength (approximating linear distance) and angle (with many, directional antennas per tower location) are used to calculate approximate position. Triangulation, however, is an appropriate term with colloquial understanding.
- kjs3 12y agoTowers do measure angle. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sector_antenna http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sector_antenna