Hi Steve, Thanks for the reply. As far as I know, LocationManager does not handle WIFI based location positioning. I do use it for cell id based location positioning. The function I am interested in, which I think the GEARS geolocation function performs, is to use either cell id, or WIFI information to obtain a device's position/location information. As far as I know, Android does not include any publicly available function to derive a device's location/position using WIFI data.
This is why I asked about the Android classes in geolocation, their intended use, and how to access them from my application. Thanks. Alex On Jul 23, 5:34 am, Steve Block <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Alex, > > > I tried to post this message on the GEARS users group but, for some > > reason the post was rejected. > > This is the right place for technical questions like this. > > > I have searched this group's archives, and several other sources for > > information on direct access to GEARS geolocation functions from an > > Android application. To date, I have not found any. > > Why do you want to use the Gears Geolocation functions? Android > provides its own an easy-to-use location API > (http://developer.android.com/reference/android/location/LocationManag...), > which you can use directly from your Android application. (For various > technical reasons, Gears does not use this API but instead obtains > GPS, radio and WiFi data directly from the system). > > Steve
