Cell phones to act as GPS

Remember that scene in the James Bond classic “Goldfinger” in which our super-spy hero flipped a button on the dash of his Aston Martin and began tracking another car that appeared as a blinking blip on a bright green radar screen? It may have been pure fantasy in 1964, but thanks to today’s constantly evolving Global Positioning System technology, people who use cell phones to make 911 calls in Lorain County will be able to have their exact locations determined with a very high degree of certainty within in a matter of minutes. “As of this week we are 100 percent phased in across the county with this new Phase II wireless technology,” said Robin Jones, director of Lorain County’s E-911 operation, which received more than 200,000 emergency calls in 2007. More than half of those were placed from GPS-equipped cell phones. “Even travelers driving through the county who might not even know what road they are on can now have their location accurately identified,” Jones said.