The State of US E911 Locating: Better
With all the focus on Google’s Latitude add-on, let’s not forget why we have all these juicy LBS-enabled phones: the FCC. Recall, it’s the agency that (over time, slowly, with many extensions…) requires carriers to be able to locate mobile phones in case of emergency.
Well, there’s good news on the infrastructure side of things. The National Emergency Number Association (NENA) reports:
- 95% of Americans live where wireless 911 service includes the delivery of the user’s callback number and estimated caller location (called Phase 2 capable) to the appropriate Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). (That’s’ up 5% from a year ago.)
- Over 90% of individual PSAPs are now Phase II capable. (That’s up 8% from a year ago.)
There’s a map with the article below and interactive maps here. Who does the maps? The folks at Digital Data Technologies, Inc., using their AccuGlobe technology.
