Cell phone tracking is a very sensitive matter due to the fact that illegal tracking is considered a severe violation of a person's privacy. Law enforcement agencies are allowed to track suspect, but civilians are only allowed to track those who give them permission to do so. Back before the advent of integrated GPS, cell phones were tracked by signal triangulation. This method checked the
. phone's distance from its three nearest towers and used all three distances to determine the caller's exact position. Such tracking capabilities were available to precious few, however, due to their sensitive nature.With the integration of a GPS unit into most commercial cell phones, tracking has become much easier. The user is free to track himself using any one of a plethora of map apps which pick up their position and superimpose it on a street map, satellite map, height map, et cetera. Having other users track him is slightly more difficult. Some carriers, most notably Verizon Wireless release their family plan phones with an app which allows parents to track their kids. It is built into the phones, and the parents get control of it. They can view their child's GPS signal either on their own phone or on the computer. This feature allows them to see if the child is where they said they would be, and to confront the child later if they go somewhere they clearly should not be going.despite the possible secrecy of such an app, it still requires the tracker to know the trackee's username and password for privacy reasons.A great free GPS cell phone tracking application is BuddyWay. It can be found on both the Android Market and at the Apple Store. This application offers extensive GPS tracking capabilities, including route monitoring, altitude recording, as well as the ability to save the trip data to the phone.More reference links: http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/buddyway-free-gps-cell-phone-tracking-application/ www.androidtrackingapp.com/
