How to contribute

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Recording of cell-id data on the fly with a smartphone app

Various apps for different types of smartphones exist that allow to record data for the OpenCellID project.

The following operating systems are supported:

  • Android
  • Blackberry
  • FireFox
  • iPhone
  • J2ME
  • Maemo
  • Windows Phone
  • Windows Mobile

Enable cell-id recording on tracking devices / telematics devices

Providers of telematics services or fleet management services typically operate many thousand devices on behalf of their customers.
Most of these devices have the capability to record the currently used cell-id and the current GPS position.
The OpenCellID community offers free use of all available OpenCellID services to those tracking providers which in return contribute their cell-id data to the OpenCellID database under the OpenCellID license.

There is a multitude of other sources of cell-id data like

  • .CLF files (version 3) generated by software compatible with the Nobbi software NetMonitor
  • databases of other apps like this one
  • GSM network providers that contribute the position of their GSM base stations to the OpenCellID project
  • GSM base station enthusiasts: some members of senderliste.de have contributed their very valuable data to OpenCellID. Such data is especially valuable because it contains not only measurements but the exact GPS position of the base stations.

The OpenCellID community is highly interested in any donation of reliable GSM base station data. Please contact Markus if you have cell-id data you would like to contribute to the OpenCellID database. Please ensure, that the license of the contributed data is compatible with the OpenCellID license.

Promote OpenCellID

Despite the fact that OpenCellID is around now for 5 years this community project is still widely unknown.

Whereas the number of contributors in Germany, in some parts of the US or in Moscow is pretty high, there is a lack of contributors / data in many other parts of the world.
Therefore any activity to attract additional contributors of cell-id data is highly appreciated. Please help promoting the project!

Participate in the OpenCellID sticker campaign on Facebook

The idea: take a photo of a well known tourist point of interest like the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, or the Kremlin in Moscow while holding the OpenCellID sticker into the scene. Examples can be found on the right side.

Now post your picture to the OpenCellID Facebook page and let others find out where the picture has been taken.

File:??? here you can download the sticker as PDF file for printing it and here you can request to get free of charge some original OpenCellID stickers. They will be sent to you by snail mail.

Twitter

Follow OpenCellID on Twitter and forward the OpenCellID tweets to your friends and followers.
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