Hi, Why setting up your own database, while opencellid has "TotalCells:106120" acording to http://www.opencellid.org/cell/stats ? I think using there database will concentrate the data in on place and will give you a better coverage.
Kind regards, @ On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 09:54 +0100, Onen wrote: > Hi everyone, > > the openBmap team is happy to announce the first release of the openBmap > [1] logger/uploader for freesmartphone.org. > > As mentioned on the main page "openBmap is a free and open map of > wireless communicating objects (e.g. cellular antenna, Wi-Fi, > Bluetooth). It provides tools to mutualize data, create and access this > map." > > At this time, only cellular networks are concerned. > All the software code is AGPL v3 and data are Creative Commons License > (creative commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported), thus the data > is free to use (in the same way as OpenStreetMap). > > Map status (last update 2009-02-06 03:30:31) > Cellular: 6 countries, 9 mobile networks, 313 location area codes, 8905 > cells > > This could be used for: > * locate you on a map. You don't need to turn GPS on. And as your GSM is > always on, and the database is located on your phone, it is > instantaneous. This prevent your battery and your privacy (don't need to > send your GSM data to anyone on the Web). > > * provide rough location (the GSM gives less precise result as GPS) to > the GPS, in order to speed up first time to fix. > > * ... > > The package "Freesmartphone.org client" [2] provides you with a logger, > and an uploader. It has been tested against FSO Milestones 5. > > If you want to get located through your GSM data, at the moment you can > use the Web API [3]. There is a Web interface [4] available to use this > API and display zones on a map. > > We hope many will upload! > > Privacy note: when you upload, exactly as with OSM, your logs allow to > know where and when you were. You have been warned ;-) ! > > I copy/paste the README of the package at the end of this email. > > Onen > > [1] http://realtimeblog.free.fr/ > [2] http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=218065 > [3] http://realtimeblog.free.fr/api/openbmap_api.php > [4] http://realtimeblog.free.fr/cell_map.php > > README: > > openBmap logger version 0.1 > > What you should expect: > * generation of logs > * upload of logs > > Manual: > Interface is straightforward. > > * A button to start generating logs. Values will be displayed when > valid. Logs are stored under HOME/.openBmap/Logs by default. > * A button to stop generating logs. > > Note that at the moment, the GSM part gets updated only after > receiving an asynchronous update from the network. This > means at start time, it is normal the GSM part does not display > GSM information, even if you are registered to network. > > * A button to upload. This will block the interface until every log has > been uploaded. > This means that if you do not have Internet connection up and > running, the GUI will be frozen until timeout of the upload part. > After succesfull upload, the logs are moved to > HOME/.openBmap/Processed_logs by default. > > Warning: you should create an account on realtimeblog.free.fr > website, and fill the login/password in the configuration file > before upload works. > > * A button to exit. > > Config file and application log are located under HOME/.openBmap > directory by default. > > Known bugs: > * when you are generating logs, and you press 'Stop' button. > A popup window let you know you should wait for the logger to > finish stopping. Under FSO M5, if you press the power > button, the phone suspends. You press it again it wakes up. > Nevertheless the GUI is frozen. You will have to kill the > process. > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
