[Sipping-emergency] Does validation mean anything location based is ruled by the 911 folks?

"James M. Polk" <jmpolk@cisco.com> Wed, 29 September 2004 00:53 UTC

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Subject: [Sipping-emergency] Does validation mean anything location based is ruled by the 911 folks?
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Does the need/rule (law?) for validation of a civil address for 911-type 
services mean coordinates will never be transmitted in the coming location 
industry?

The whole idea of providing location to someone or some service is to 
convey where you are or get where they are or where the relation is between 
the two. If 911 services are going to require civil location validation in 
order to place a 911-type call, then doesn't that mean that any multimedia 
device I happen to have will have to support a civil location only, and be 
validated by the 911-type service prior to me being able to send you my 
location in any protocol?

Just wondering where we're being steered...

cheers,
James

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