That's a great idea. Has it been done before? I know there's a GSM coverage map on the 'net somewhere (don't have my home bookmarks at work) which may include actual tower locations already.
-id Charles Edward Pax wrote: > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community