On Oct 16, 10:29 am, NickDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We're investigating the possibility of creating a smart phone > application that uses the GSM network to determine the location of the > phone. > > We will study different methods of calculating positions and to do > that we need extensive data about the network such as IDs, signal > strengths, etc of cell towers, not just of the currently connected one > but of all visible towers. Does the Android API allow us to get these? > > The class 'android.location.LocationManager' seems to provide the > functionality to do get a position via the network. The JavaDoc of the > constant NETWORK_PROVIDER (http://code.google.com/android/reference/ > android/location/LocationManager.html#NETWORK_PROVIDER) states > "Results are retrieved by means of a network lookup.". What does this > mean? How is the positioning done technically? >
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