Hello Risto, Here is a few facts from such FAQ:
Most of the cells from OpenBMap are coming from OpenCellID (the 'untrusted ones') One of the main difference from the three is that only OpenCellID provides a complete access to the data and the measures. OpenCellId added a "CVS uploader" to import bulk CSV data files mainly to be compatible with the OpenBMap logger. I just don't have any OpenMoko phone to test it. I've been out of the mailing list from some time because I am not involved in the OpenMoko community (I am more involved in J2ME and others platforms), but I would be happy to reactivate the integration effort. Since the beginning, OpenCellID was focused on collecting the data and not writing clients for all platforms. I would be happy to support the OpenBMap client and do some modifications if needed. Regarding CellHunter, I would ba happy also to work on an integration. We had some early discussion, but I'll try to reactivate them. Regards, 2009/9/2 Risto H. Kurppa <[email protected]>: > On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 2:47 AM, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra<[email protected]> wrote: >> How does CellHunter compare with OpenBMap ? > > I think someone could write a wiki page about this and include it in FAQ's :) > > CellHunter: 7milj cells, clients: http://www.opkg.org/package_111.html > and http://www.opkg.org/package_175.html (and repositories?) > OpenBMap: 479584 cells of which 82842 are 'trusted'*, client: > http://www.opkg.org/package_186.html (and repositories) > OpenCellID: 433459 cells, clients: > http://www.opencellid.org/users/staticShow/download > > * trusted means it's collected via OpenBMap project, not imported from > other projects. > > AFAIK, CellHunter is a competition (teams/individuals against each > other) on collecting cells as OpenBmap&OpenCellID - well, you just > collect the cells. > AFAIK, OpenBmap is told to import data from other projects > AFAIK, OpenBmap was started because of different views about important > data to collect between OpenCellID and OpenBMap devels. > > To me the whole thing is a big mess. Do we really need three projects. > Let me bet, they all are now working on tools to use their own data to > find the position of a phone, right? > > 1) if OpenBMap imports from other projects, why it's missing the 7milj > cellhunter cells? > 2) AFAIK There are no tools to benefit from the collected data yet > 3) Can't see a OpenCellID client for Freerunner > > I earlier tried CellHunter, didn't work. For me OpenBmap is just > easiest to use. Which doesn't necessarily make it the best one of > these three to contribute to. They call the diversity a richness of > Open Source. Can't really see it here. > > r > > -- > | risto h. kurppa > | risto at kurppa dot fi > | http://risto.kurppa.fi > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > -- Thomas LANDSPURG 8Motions Founder/CTO http://www.8motions.com http://www.opencellid.org _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
