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June 11, 2008

So, Google has 'fessed up how they've been building their database of cell IDs. Apple use such a database of cells to location-enable the iPhone v1 mapping applications; whilst the spangly new iPhone has onboard GPS to improve accuracy in this respect, I've found cell ID to be extremely useful when combined with a decent map.

And for the rest of us, there are stirling efforts like OpenCellID to help build an open database of cell ID to lat/long mappings... with a nice downloadable client to let those of us with GPS-enabled phones to contribute.

Posted at 05:16 PM in Mobile |

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tomsoft

Hello Tom, thanks for the mention of OpenCellID!

I am also preparing a nice tutorial on how to use OpenCellID and OpenStreeMap to display interactive maps!

Posted by: tomsoft | June 15, 2008 at 11:06 PM

tomsoft

Hello Tom, thanks for the mention of OpenCellID!

I am also preparing a nice tutorial on how to use OpenCellID and OpenStreeMap to display interactive maps!

Posted by: tomsoft | June 15, 2008 at 11:10 PM

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