On Tuesday 24 June 2008 14:45, john wrote: > 2008/6/24 Jisakiel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [snip] > > > - Is it possible then to fetch approximate position from the associated > > GSM towers then? I guess it depends on the subset of commands the chip > > implements, but I didn't have the time to read over those *extensive* > > documents as I'm still finishing my exams. I somehow suspect though that > > the GSM commands do not cover for that, and that'd be proprietary for the > > chip... Please correct me if I'm mistaken. I have no idea as well on how > > precise is that. > > [snip] > > Well if you mean obtain coordinates via triangulation it is > technically possible but in reality we are constrained by the GSM > operators and what information they are willing to give us. If you are > a large corporation such as Google and throw them some money you will > get access to such data. As Joe Public you will probably have to rely > on closed third party API's (e.g. Skyhook) to access similar > functionality or alternatively try one of the community driven > database lookup approaches.
I'm no expert on the subject, but my impression was that even a very rough position would help to reduce the time to fix. Where rough would be in the 'which country' range. If that's not good enough data fetched from http://celldb.org/ might help as well. AVee -- Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. -- Douglas Adams _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community