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Re:Google Gives Feds 1,500 Phone Locations in Unprecedented ... by est31 on Friday December 13, 2019 @01:21AM (#21779520)
They do have location data but their resolution is much more coarse than Google's, especially in areas with a low cell tower density (rural areas)
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Re:Google Gives Feds 1,500 Phone Locations in Unprecedented ... by pinkfoot on Friday December 13, 2019 @01:28AM (#21779553)
Rural location accuracy on GSM and UMTS networks is < 500m for 80% of attempts.

Source: it was one of my less-unsuccessful projects :)

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