2008/6/25 Charles Edward Pax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Here's an idea: OpenMoko shows me locations of GSM towers near me by knowing > my location via GPS. This could be useful when in a remote area. Let's say > I'm in a valley, have no GMS signal, and a member of my party or I have an > injury. It would be useful to know in which direction I should travel to get > a signal in the shortest time period. > > Here's another idea: Record signal strength and position information for > generating a coverage map. We can record tower code, signal strength, and > phone location. This information could be used with the Open Street Map data > to generate a real-world coverage map. This could also be useful during an > emergency in a remote area. Instead of just knowing where the towers are I > could look at the coverage map generated from other users. > > What do you folks think?
great idea some work has already started on a tagging scheme for this, have a look on the osm wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Communications_tower so there are others with the same idea _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
