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The OpenCellID project still needs a lot of contribution for completing the database vor various reasons:
 
The OpenCellID project still needs a lot of contribution for completing the database vor various reasons:
 
* every day new GSM towers are built, in these days for example for the relatively new [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE_(telecommunication) LTE] networks
 
* every day new GSM towers are built, in these days for example for the relatively new [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE_(telecommunication) LTE] networks
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* in most of the countries many cell towers are still waiting for being detected: currently the OpenCellID database holds less than 5 million base stations, whereas big commercial databases have more than 40 million base stations available.
  
 
This Wiki page lists measures that might improve the growth rate of the OpenCellID database.
 
This Wiki page lists measures that might improve the growth rate of the OpenCellID database.
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==Promotion==
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==PR==
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==Collaboration with App developers==
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==Conferences==
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==OpenCellID on Wikipedia==
  
 
==More efficient Smartphone clients==
 
==More efficient Smartphone clients==

Revision as of 02:31, 8 January 2014

General

The OpenCellID project still needs a lot of contribution for completing the database vor various reasons:

  • every day new GSM towers are built, in these days for example for the relatively new LTE networks
  • in most of the countries many cell towers are still waiting for being detected: currently the OpenCellID database holds less than 5 million base stations, whereas big commercial databases have more than 40 million base stations available.

This Wiki page lists measures that might improve the growth rate of the OpenCellID database.

Promotion

PR

Collaboration with App developers

Conferences

OpenCellID on Wikipedia

More efficient Smartphone clients

Gamification

Promotion

Additional backend features

API

  • Add field "data_source" to various API calls