[Symbian-hacks] CellID->Lat/Lon

[Jim Hughes]

Placelab does have a web downloadable database of cell id -> lat/lon, I
guess it might be possible to wrap that in a simple-ish query api.

There's a few mentions on the Nokia forums -
http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-54906.html

Jim.

On 20/01/06, Christopher Schmidt <crschmidt at crschmidt.net> wrote:
>
> I'm currently putting effort into creating a cell id->lat/lon database.
> I think Placelab offers something like this, but it's all Java, with no
> web interface, as far as I can see.
>
> I don't have a lot of experience in this, but the authors of Mapping
> Hacks live down the street now, and I've got offers of help - if I can
> produce the database - of creating a centralized cell tower location.
>
> Once this is done, I'll make the database available for queries.
>
> I'm still working on the best backend, but the autostumbler code I
> linked a couple days ago is linked to a PHP page which currently dumps
> things into a MySQL database. I'll drop the code for that somewhere
> soon.
>
> That's what my goal is for this weekend: to get the cellstumbling stuff
> going so people with GPSes can start to do more stuff with them to help
> me out. ;)
>
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> Christopher Schmidt
> Mobile Applications Developer
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