no. its for the safety of stupid american ppl. plus good for the phone companies to figure out where they need more coverage.
kinda like MB cars with that SOS button to save ur ass.
there's also softwares out there u can download so you can use ur phone as a GPS navi.
i think Nextel has it already...either that or boost mobile. but i don't think their phones have built in GPS...so i guess its something else in their network they can use to track u.