GSM Tower Location and GPS

[Joseph Reeves]

> Here's another idea: Record signal strength and position information for
> generating a coverage map. We can record tower code, signal strength, and
> phone location. This information could be used with the Open Street Map data
> to generate a real-world coverage map. This could also be useful during an
> emergency in a remote area. Instead of just knowing where the towers are I
> could look at the coverage map generated from other users.

I used to run SMan on an old Symbian phone of mine; it displayed this
sort of data (tower code, signal strength, etc) if you pushed a few
buttons. I always wanted a GSM wardriving application that would
record this data + GPS details for map production later.

Can't imagine it would be too hard to do and would *love* to see it myself.

Joseph





2008/6/24 Charles Edward Pax <pax at eden.rutgers.edu>:
> Here's an idea: OpenMoko shows me locations of GSM towers near me by knowing
> my location via GPS. This could be useful when in a remote area. Let's say
> I'm in a valley, have no GMS signal, and a member of my party or I have an
> injury. It would be useful to know in which direction I should travel to get
> a signal in the shortest time period.
>
> Here's another idea: Record signal strength and position information for
> generating a coverage map. We can record tower code, signal strength, and
> phone location. This information could be used with the Open Street Map data
> to generate a real-world coverage map. This could also be useful during an
> emergency in a remote area. Instead of just knowing where the towers are I
> could look at the coverage map generated from other users.
>
> What do you folks think?
>
> -Charles
>
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