Comments on: OpenCellId – collecting data for mobile location-based services

By: dale

dale — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:12:13 +0000

@Keat – Please see http://dalelane.co.uk/blog/?p=294

By: Keat

Keat — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:54:38 +0000

Hi Dale, I’m keen to try out your client to contribute to the database – it’s got 500+ cells for Singapore, but the coverage doesn’t seem very well spread out over the island, so I’d like to help cover my neighbourhood How can I get the app from you?

By: dale

dale — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:58:46 +0000

@jane – Have you contacted the guy behind OpenCellId?

By: jane

jane — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:21:31 +0000

I need to study the access pattern of location based service users

I need help to acquire the data. Kindly advice

By: dale lane » Blog Archive » OpenCellId for Windows Mobile

dale lane » Blog Archive » OpenCellId for Windows Mobile — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:30:59 +0000

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By: dale

dale — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:28:00 +0000

That’s interesting. I’d heard of navizon before, but not realised their approach.

In short – they pay people to populate their database using the money that other people pay to access the database. And if you contribute, you get to access it for free.

And (like Skyhook), they’re collecting WiFi addresses as well as GSM cell ids.

Sounds really good. Not as fluffy as the OpenCellId ideals, but neat nevertheless.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:13:48 +0000

Have you seen

http://www.navizon.com/navizon_rewards.asp

They use a WM client to collect the info, and pay you for it…. although the reward rates keep dropping!