Once had an API in python that could query base stations, i think part of the Info it returned was its location, let me try to install it on my New phone and get the data again.  <br><br clear="all">Ashford K. Maina,<br><br>
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yea, then make it into an API where we could have a development community making use of the API to provide location based services.<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/23 Erik Hersman <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:erik@zungu.com" target="_blank">erik@zungu.com</a>&gt;</span><br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div>Thanks Jude.  <div><br></div><div>It would be interesting if we could keep an open running database of that for at least Nairobi.  It could power a lot of location based apps.</div>

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Erik Hersman</div><div><br></div></span></div></span></div></span><br> </div></font><div><div></div><div><br><div><div>On Jun 23, 2009, at 5:02 PM, jude mwenda wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite">well,<br>i do not know of anyone but this could be of help. <a href="http://www.opencellid.org/" target="_blank">http://www.opencellid.org/</a> it also has an api<br>

<br><a href="http://www.opencellid.org/api" target="_blank"><b>http://www.opencellid.org/api</b></a><br> <br><br>i like it. well occasionally the providers switch the cell tower id&#39;s. so i do not know if the update is reflected on the api.. <br>

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I heard a rumor about someone getting the GPS locations for the towers (base stations) for the mobile operators in Kenya.  Anyone know anything about that?<br> <br> Erik Hersman<br> <a href="http://www.AfriGadget.com" target="_blank">www.AfriGadget.com</a><br>

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