GPS Tracking Comes to Triple Zero Calls
Emergency responders across Australia will now have access to the geolocation of Triple Zero calls following the deployment of advanced mobile location (AML) technology. Communications Minister Paul Fletcher on Wednesday 16 December said the Australian Triple Zero Emergency Call Service had begun using AML to pinpoint those in need of assistance.
AML is an emergency call-based location service that automatically sends operators an SMS with the best available coordinates of the caller when an emergency call is made. It is native to smartphones running Android 4.1 or higher and iOS 14.3 or higher, though Apple users will have to enable the capability for it to work.
The department has been looking at ways to send location data from emergency callers for a number of years, including following a review of the Triple Zero operator in May 2016. AML was chosen as the preferred solution to provide emergency responders with access to location data following a market testing process in August 2016.
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