How Do I: Police PinPointing Using GPS

**King David** · 10-16-2005, 04:08 AM

is there any GPS type like device or ADD-On that allows you to pinpoint government vehicles? (Law Enforcement)....maybe a certain GPS BRAND or software??? would really appreciate if someone can find some threads on this subject

**xdjxklusivex** · 10-16-2005, 04:50 AM

Originally Posted by King David

is there any GPS type like device or ADD-On that allows you to pinpoint government vehicles? (Law Enforcement)....maybe a certain GPS BRAND or software??? would really appreciate if someone can find some threads on this subject

and dont double post

**sup2jzgte** · 10-16-2005, 04:52 AM

I highly doubt they would sell something like that to the public. The only people that would seem to have an interest in something like this would be criminals, or the wannabe street racers who watched fast and furious one to many times. So my answer would be no, but someone else may know. If you don't mind me asking what are you trying to do that you need to track the cops?

**sup2jzgte** · 10-16-2005, 04:53 AM

here you go did a small search and come up with this tracking police gps

**PURDooM** · 10-16-2005, 12:17 PM

Don't you think that whatever software they use would probably need to ping to see if the connection is still alive from time to time? If this was the case that means that the cop car is sending out a signal piriodically. If you could determine what frequency they are transmitting on, the power of the signal (less power would mean farther away from you) and direction from you (when a directional antena is facing away from the cop it should have quite a bit less signal then if it is facing them) then you could determine approximatly where it is. Or am i wrong about any of these assumptions?

**King David** · 10-19-2005, 05:45 AM

I dont street race, but I do SPEED & I don't engage in criminal activities, I am merely a Police officers cop car technology Fan, I like there car setup,which is the only reason I am building a Carputer.That & to surf the internet & to not need to buy Blank CD's & burn music onto a CD for my CD Player in the car, just download music off the internet & play (BOOM I'm Done) & emulation like Super,Sega,N64,Nintendo & Mame games for those long road trips to miami, download movies, Audio & Video chat/Instant Message @ a Gas Station using MSN Messenger & AOL while all inside my car.I remember reading something, a program from microsoft that is called, "Microsoft streets & Trips with GPS locator" valued at 130us. someone did a forum on it and I remember reading that you can scan the local streets and view things like possible law enforcement vehicles in your area while you drive...I was just wondering if there are any programs like that.because when I read the features of that item, it said nothing merely related of the forum I read.

**StrataG** · 10-19-2005, 05:53 AM

More than likely, it said that it could show you where the law enforcement stations were. Most any GPS software has POI (points of interest), which include emergency points like police stations, hospitals, etc.