Comments on: Is it true that all GPS receivers also transmit their location to GPS master control station? http://gpsmaestro.com/is-it-true-that-all-gps-receivers-also-transmit-their-location-to-gps-master-control-station/ Answering your GPS questions Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:17:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Surveyor http://gpsmaestro.com/is-it-true-that-all-gps-receivers-also-transmit-their-location-to-gps-master-control-station/comment-page-1/#comment-658 Surveyor Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:29:55 +0000 http://gpsmaestro.com/?p=516#comment-658 No. The ones you buy that track your location are receivers... ONLY. There are other units used by companies with fleets of vehicles that send tracking information back to make sure that the vehicles are where they are supposed to be. No. The ones you buy that track your location are receivers… ONLY. There are other units used by companies with fleets of vehicles that send tracking information back to make sure that the vehicles are where they are supposed to be.

]]> By: Marc X http://gpsmaestro.com/is-it-true-that-all-gps-receivers-also-transmit-their-location-to-gps-master-control-station/comment-page-1/#comment-657 Marc X Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:51:49 +0000 http://gpsmaestro.com/?p=516#comment-657 About like your local FM radio station tracking every single one of the radios listening to it. The cost would be ungodly, not to mention completely pointless. (Why do I always hear the Twilight Zone theme when I'm on these forums???) About like your local FM radio station tracking every single one of the radios listening to it. The cost would be ungodly, not to mention completely pointless.

(Why do I always hear the Twilight Zone theme when I’m on these forums???)

]]> By: DanKoko http://gpsmaestro.com/is-it-true-that-all-gps-receivers-also-transmit-their-location-to-gps-master-control-station/comment-page-1/#comment-656 DanKoko Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:17:31 +0000 http://gpsmaestro.com/?p=516#comment-656 The satellites could give a hoot about your location, or any other location of a GPS receiver. The systems that can track your location, like Onstar for example, get their location from satellites, then using an internal database, transmit this data to a specified location (Onstar control center) The satellites could give a hoot about your location, or any other location of a GPS receiver. The systems that can track your location, like Onstar for example, get their location from satellites, then using an internal database, transmit this data to a specified location (Onstar control center)

]]> By: MikeTwo http://gpsmaestro.com/is-it-true-that-all-gps-receivers-also-transmit-their-location-to-gps-master-control-station/comment-page-1/#comment-655 MikeTwo Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:17:52 +0000 http://gpsmaestro.com/?p=516#comment-655 Very few "home" GPS receivers have transmitters. If you buy a car GPS or Outdoor GPS from Garmin or Magellen for example, it doesn't have a transmitter...it would just cost too much and would be used for nothing. Some examples of GPS devices that DO send location signals back: - RENTAL Car GPS systems - On Star equipped GPS systems - Newer cellphones that have GPS directions MAY transmit your exact location. Very few “home” GPS receivers have transmitters. If you buy a car GPS or Outdoor GPS from Garmin or Magellen for example, it doesn’t have a transmitter…it would just cost too much and would be used for nothing.

Some examples of GPS devices that DO send location signals back:

- RENTAL Car GPS systems
- On Star equipped GPS systems
- Newer cellphones that have GPS directions MAY transmit your exact location.

]]> By: jeffyukon http://gpsmaestro.com/is-it-true-that-all-gps-receivers-also-transmit-their-location-to-gps-master-control-station/comment-page-1/#comment-654 jeffyukon Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:00:15 +0000 http://gpsmaestro.com/?p=516#comment-654 No that is not true. No that is not true.

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