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Subject: Re: [emergency] FYI: Cell phones to be used as data source in disasters


How true :-(

Carl

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kon Wilms" <kon@datacast.biz>
To: "Carl Reed OGC" <creed@opengeospatial.org>; 
<emergency@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: [emergency] FYI: Cell phones to be used as data source in 
disasters


> Unfortunately our (USA) present digital terrestrial broadcasting
> modulation scheme and its lack of mobile reception prevents us from
> doing this.
>
> Cheers
> Kon
>
>>
>>       Thought this might be of interest.
>>
>>       Carl
>>
>>       Cell phones to be used as data source in disasters
>>        Japan Today - Tokyo,Japan -- More than one year has passed
> since terrestrial digital broadcasting services began a new TV era in
> Japan, with the services spreading from major cities to some rural areas
> where prefectural government offices are located. "This is a news
> bulletin. There was a strong earthquake in the Kanto region," the voice
> of an announcer sounded from a mobile phone in a shirt pocket. When the
> user looked at the liquid crystal screen, it automatically changed to a
> TV screen, and text containing information began to appear in the lower
> part of the screen. This is the scene of a demonstration using a mobile
> phone produced on a trial basis that can receive terrestrial digital
> broadcasting services. KDDI Corp and Hitachi Ltd are jointly developing
> the mobile phone. The terminal is equipped with a global positioning
> system (GPS). "Linked with the GPS, broadcasters can also automatically
> send information about the nearest shelter," said Tatsuo Shibata, deputy
> director of the media technology development department at KDDI...
>
> 



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