Google Maps has a feature somewhat like this. Look at http://www.google.com/mobile/gmm/mylocation/index.html or http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-magical-blue-circle-on-your-map.html
/Esbjörn On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 7:32 AM, Gora Mohanty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:57:28 +1200 > "Robin Paulson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > > > 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 > [...] > > We were kicking around this idea for a while. There are some problems > that we faced with this when trying to build a generic application: > (a) Many (most?) phones do not give a J2ME programmer easy access to > GSM data (cell ID, LAC, signal strength, etc.) for all visible towers, > though these data can be obtained through serial AT commands, (b) It > is much easier to get GPS data, say from an external bluetooth GPS > device into a J2ME application running on a phone (requires JSR179) > > None of these apply to OpenMoko, so I can easily envisage an application > that maps cell towers by sending GPS + GSM data to a central server > over GPRS, or SMS, or storing these data, and syncing it once in a > while. If there is interest in this, we would be glad to collaborate > on a solution. > > Regards, > Gora > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >
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