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Why did the location system not work again?
During the call, the whereabouts of the girl who called the emergency number 112 were received. The smartphone established her location based on GPS satellite signals and automatically sent her coordinates to the General Help Center in an encrypted message.
At the general help center, the message was decoded and the data received was displayed at the operator’s workplace: it showed Pavanden Street in the village of Mazūriškės, Klaipėda District. These details were passed on to the police along with an electronic notification of the need for help because the girl who called did not give her address.
If the location system worked, why didn’t the police know the girl’s whereabouts?
Call location systems installed in Lithuania allow receiving call location data only when 112 is called. The phones themselves do not have built-in GPS tracking equipment and do not receive any other data from them. The data is also not available when calling the caller’s phone number from the General Help Center.
Is accurate location data always available?
No, not always The accuracy of the location data largely depends on the technical capabilities of the mobile operators Telia, Bitė and Tele2, the phone model, the terrain and other circumstances.
Telia, Bitė and Tele2 transmit the caller’s location data according to the phone connection to the mobile base station (tower). These data are not accurate, and their error in suburban areas can be as high as 10-15 square kilometers.
When data is transmitted by mobile phones, they are much more accurate, with possible errors ranging from 3 meters to 1.2 kilometers. However, not all phones have this feature – only phones with an updated Android or iOS operating system can determine your location and share it with the General Help Center. Currently, approximately 48 percent of calls come from devices with this feature.
BPC reports that the location system implemented in Lithuania, based on the data sent by the mobile phone, has already helped determine the location of various events, such as 112, missing children or people with the intention of committing suicide, and victims of violence They called the number.
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