Re: [openBmap] GSM/GPS logger 0.4.0 is out! (Legal status)

2009-08-01 Thread Yorick Moko
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:28 PM, Onen wrote: > Alex (Maxious) Sadleir wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 7:01 AM, Onen wrote: > >> Alex, could you be more specific, I am not sure to understand what you > >> have in mind? Are you wondering if we could log cells from other > >> operators with only

Re: [openBmap] GSM/GPS logger 0.4.0 is out! (Legal status)

2009-07-31 Thread Onen
Alex (Maxious) Sadleir wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 7:01 AM, Onen wrote: >> Alex, could you be more specific, I am not sure to understand what you >> have in mind? Are you wondering if we could log cells from other >> operators with only one phone? >> > Exactly. I don't know alot about GSM. On

Re: [openBmap] GSM/GPS logger 0.4.0 is out! (Legal status)

2009-07-29 Thread Alex (Maxious) Sadleir
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 7:01 AM, Onen wrote: > Alex, could you be more specific, I am not sure to understand what you > have in mind? Are you wondering if we could log cells from other > operators with only one phone? > Exactly. I don't know alot about GSM. On one hand, you can see the other networ

Re: [openBmap] GSM/GPS logger 0.4.0 is out! (Legal status)

2009-07-29 Thread Onen
Hi, thanks for pointing this email from Harald Welte. We have not looked much at the legal side. Because we found a lot of public work (research, etc.) about locating your phone thanks to GSM signals. We also found different projects which uses the GSM data, and log it. And as the data is free

Re: [openBmap] GSM/GPS logger 0.4.0 is out! (Legal status)

2009-07-29 Thread Alex (Maxious) Sadleir
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Stroller wrote: > > On 28 Jul 2009, at 11:35, Patryk Benderz wrote: >> ... >> Hi, did you considered legal side of this work? I mean, do GSM >> operators >> in all countries allow us to collect these data? > > The data is publicly observable, so I don't see how they

Re: [openBmap] GSM/GPS logger 0.4.0 is out! (Legal status)

2009-07-29 Thread Stroller
On 28 Jul 2009, at 11:35, Patryk Benderz wrote: > ... > Hi, did you considered legal side of this work? I mean, do GSM > operators > in all countries allow us to collect these data? The data is publicly observable, so I don't see how they can claim any copyright upon it. If you're drawing a

Re: [openBmap] GSM/GPS logger 0.4.0 is out!

2009-07-28 Thread Marcel
Am Dienstag, 28. Juli 2009 12:35:47 schrieb Patryk Benderz: > [cut] > Hi, did you considered legal side of this work? I mean, do GSM > operators in all countries allow us to collect these data? This data is kinda obvious, one could also walk around and look for GSM anntennas... How would they for

Re: [openBmap] GSM/GPS logger 0.4.0 is out!

2009-07-28 Thread Patryk Benderz
[cut] Hi, did you considered legal side of this work? I mean, do GSM operators in all countries allow us to collect these data? -- Kind Regards Patryk Benderz IT Specialist Linux Registered User #377521 +48 22 538 6292 ERSTE Securities Polska S.A. ul. Królewska 16 Warszawa 00-103 KRS 065121

Re: [openBmap] GSM/GPS logger 0.4.0 is out!

2009-07-27 Thread Onen
Hi Tony, Tony Berth wrote: > Thanks Onen. > > You are right but I would like to have a 'clear statement' about the > cell logging process. > > If I use one of those 2 applications and submitt my data, do I > contribute to the community? That's my goal as a 'regular and dummy user'! > If you

Re: [openBmap] GSM/GPS logger 0.4.0 is out!

2009-07-27 Thread Tony Berth
Thanks Onen. You are right but I would like to have a 'clear statement' about the cell logging process. If I use one of those 2 applications and submitt my data, do I contribute to the community? That's my goal as a 'regular and dummy user'! I am willing to help but what's the best way to achiev

Re: [openBmap] GSM/GPS logger 0.4.0 is out!

2009-07-25 Thread Onen
Hi, this has been discussed a couple of times on this mailing list already. You will find the details in the archive here [1]. But to sum it up: We are focusing on quality of data, and not only quantity, because we believe otherwise we will have a big database of useless data. We are intereste

Re: [openBmap] GSM/GPS logger 0.4.0 is out!

2009-07-24 Thread Tony Berth
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Onen wrote: > Hi everyone, > > comments from people have been used to build a new graphical interface! > I hope you will like it! The list of changes can be found below... > > Thanks to mrmoku, Stefan Schmidt, and Sebastian Reichel, the packages > are available in