Hi,
the openbmap project proposes a Web API for getting location, based on
the GSM data or WiFi.
The data is available for offline use too.
http://openbmap.org/api/openbmap_api.php5
Your example about navit, has been a target use case for the project for
a long time ;-) (speeding up the GPS fix).
The server side which used to be closed source has been released as open
source, and the server is currently being transmitted to a new
maintainer, after Nick decided to decrease activity on the project.
Onen
On 12/06/12 14:57, Al Johnson wrote:
On Wednesday 06 June 2012 09:38:58 robin wrote:
what did you have in mind for the geolocating via gsm towers and wifi?
http://openbmap.org ?
do you know any projects which make use of such data (triangulation). this
might be very interesting to enhance navit's routing possibilities if it
takes to long to get a gps-fix.
Geoclue[1] is an open location system that is supposed to agregate data from
multiple sources including gps. AFAIK there isn't an openbmap plugin for it
yet. Gsmloc is mentioned for cell tower triangulation but a cursory look
suggests it's no longer active.
[1] http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/GeoClue
regards
robin
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