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Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol by superkuh on Saturday January 23, 2021 @12:06PM (#25883980)
It's not triangulation, it's multi-lateration and the spatial resolution depends on just how good the basestation clocks are. And they've become very good. Every telco in the USA stores multi-lateration for cell handsets location for 2-5 years by default. They both sell this commercially and provide/sell it to authorities on request.

>Multilateration should not be confused with triangulation, which uses distances or absolute measurements of time-of-flight from three or more sites, or with triangulation, which uses a baseline and at least two angles measured e.g. with receiver antenna diversity and phase comparison.

Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol by jessaustin on Saturday January 23, 2021 @06:51PM (#25887302)
Is that first "triangulation" supposed to be "trilateration"?