On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 9:43 PM, Rony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Easwar Hariharan wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 8:49 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > >> On 08-Jun-08, at 1:19 PM, Easwar Hariharan wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Could we do things with GPS enabled phones which are available in > >>> India?Something which is widely available,like the N-series which > >>> is widely > >>> available,but I don't know whether it's GPS enabled. > >>> > >> question is whether they are enabled to log - like the openmoko. > >> Enabled just to show position is not much use for creating content > >> > > > > That's exactly what I said earlier,quoted below.If they are not > enabled,we > > will have to write the software to enable them. > > > >> That means we could,potentially,contribute to freemap with >GPS enabled > >> > > cell phones if we had a way to *record* the >position(and co-ordinates)of > > landmarks > > > Nokia's N82 has a mapping service but its not accurate as it uses cell > towers to approximate location. I had even installed google maps in it > and it shows an approximate location of your phone.
That's the latest model which is out.(and most expensive too,AFAIK)Cell towers are not accurate,I find networks of three towers in my hall,of which one is 2 km away but still gets into my hall since it is situated at a higher altitude. Regards, Easwar -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
