Art. 03 – Vol. 21 – No. 2 – 2011

112 Emergency Service as Location Based Service.
Accurately Positioning the Call

Nicolae-Dorel Constantinescu
dorel_nic@yahoo.com
University „Politehnica” of Bucharest, Automatic and Computers Faculty

Abstract: This paper proposes the idea of developing software applications for new generation smartphones, that have precise positioning capabilities (GPS), which automatically send the caller’s location to an emergency number. Currently we taking the first steps in this direction, by implementing a functional application for Android.

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