Menu map view

map view

	In most cases the map shows bubbles of different size and colour. The bigger a bubble is, the more cells have been found close to this bubble. Smaller bubbles are green, mid size bubbles are yellow and big bubbles are orange or red. The screenshot shows a part of Berlin (Germany) down town close to "Zoologischer Garten". This is an area with a high density of people living, working or travelling there. Therefore many different cells can be found there.
	Single cells are represented with this kind of pushpins. For most of the GSM networks colours have been defined which are used for these pushpins. Clicking on such a pushpin shows some additional information of the cell as well as the associated measurements (max. 500)
	When clicking on a single cell up to 500 measurements are shown representing this cell. Thin lines are shown between each measurement and the (averaged) position.
	If there are multiple cells shown at the same position and the map shows the highest zoom level and you click on the bubble with these cells, then a spiral is shown with all known cells at that position. Now you can click on each of the cells inside the spiral to see more details about each cell like network provider MCC MNC LAC CID latitude longitude all measurements of this cell (max. 500) And you can download the measurements of the selected cell as csv or kml file.

map filter options

This filter option allows to see all known cell towers of a particular mobile phone network operator. MCC Please enter here the Mobile Country Code. The MCC defines the country where the network is located MNC Please enter here the Mobile Network Code. The MNC defines the network inside the country defined by MCC If you leave the MCC parameter empty and just define the MNC parameter, then you will get all networks world wide with the selected network number. If you leave the MNC parameter empty and just define the MCC parameter, then you will get all cells of all networks in the selected country. Please note, that such cells might be seen up to 34 km in the neighbouring country. Show newly found base stations with the following filtering options: date from all newly found base stations will be shown found since this day 0:00:00 UTC time; if this field is left empty, then today 0:00:00 will be chosen as default. date to all newly found base stations will be shown found until this day 23:59:59 UTC time; if this field is left empty, then today 23:59:59 will be chosen as default. MCC If selected only cells will be shown of the selected country. MNC If selected only cells will be shown of networks with the selected Mobile Country Code. Show recently uploaded measurements: time in hours (max 24h) Please enter here the number of hours from this moment in the past to be used for selecting the measurements to be shown on the map. The maximum time frame is 24 hours. The time frame is selected from the current time the given number of hours to the past. Example: if at 12:13:59 a time frame of 22 hours is selected, then 10:13:59 (not 10:00:00) until 12:13:59 would be the selected time frame. Show measurements of a selected GSM base station MCC Please enter here the Mobile Country Code. The MCC defines the country where the network is located MNC Please enter here the Mobile Network Code. The MNC defines the network inside the country defined by MCC LAC Please enter here the Location Area Code. The LAC defines a group of base stations belonging regionally together. cell-id Please enter here the cell-id. The cell-id defines the number of the cell of which you want to see the data. All four entry fields are obligatory. If at least one field is left empty, no data is shown. Maximum 500 measurements are displayed on the map for the selected cell due to restrictions of the currently available web browsers.

heat map

This menu option allows to to display the latest heat map. The heat map indicates the density of unique base stations world wide. Red areas have a high density of known cell towers. Yellow areas have a reasonable density of known cell towers. Blue and green areas have a low density of known cell towers. For areas which are not coloured so far no cell towers have been recorded. The heat map data (the tiles) is generated in real time when requesting the map. You can zoom in to the map by double clicking on any desired position on the map, by turning the mouse wheel or by pushing the "+" or "-" button on your keyboard. The heat map move provides a good impression how the database has been growing over time in which region. Every day one heat map frame is created and stored right after completing the nightly creation of the download files. In order to keep the movie length at 45 seconds the movie shows selected frames only from the very beginning of the OpenCellID project until today. The displayed frames are selected as follows: if we have frames from 4 years (365 days * 4 years = 1460 days), then the app shows frames generated every 32 days (1460 days / 45 frames total movie length). It is not possible to zoom into the heat map movie.

statistics cells

This option allows to generate a real time bar chart assorted by the number of cells. The following sorting criteria can be used for the bar chart: sorted by the total shows the total number of cells per country stored in the database; the countries are sorted descending by the total of cells per country sorted by country name shows the total number of cells per country stored in the database; the countries are sorted alphabetically ascending by country name sorted by MCC shows the total number of cells per country stored in the database; the countries are sorted ascending by MCC new cells per day shows the number of first time found cells per calender day; the calender days are sorted descending (latest date on the left side of the bar chart) The following filter criteria can be used for the bar chart: date from all newly found base stations will be used for the bar chart found after this day 0:00:00 UTC time; if this field is left empty, then today 0:00:00 will be chosen as default date to all newly found base stations will be used for the bar chart that were found until the specified day 23:59:59 UTC time; if this field is left empty, then today 23:59:59 will be chosen as default MCC if selected only cells will be shown of the selected country. MNC if selected only cells will be shown of networks with the selected Mobile Country Code

statistics measurements

This option allows to generate a real time bar chart assorted by the number of measurements. The following sorting criteria can be used for the bar chart: sorted by the total shows the total number of measurements per country stored in the database; the countries are sorted descending by the total of measurements per country sorted by country name shows the total number of measurements per country stored in the database; the countries are sorted alphabetically ascending by country name sorted by MCC shows the total number of measurements per country stored in the database; the countries are sorted ascending by MCC new measurements per day shows the number of newly added measurements per calender day; the calender days are sorted descending (latest date on the left side of the bar chart) The following filter criteria can be used for the bar chart: date from all measurements added to the database after this day 0:00:00 UTC time will be used for the bar chart; if this field is left empty, then today 0:00:00 will be chosen as default date to all measurements added to the database before this day 23:59:29 UTC time will be used for the bar chart; if this field is left empty, then today 23:59:59 will be chosen as default MCC if selected only measurements will be shown of the selected country. MNC if selected only measurements will be shown of networks with the selected Mobile Country Code

search location

This menu option allows entering a GPS coordinate, consisting of a latitude and a longitude value. This position will then be shown on the map, indicated by a special pushpin icon. Both input fields are obligatory. Show position of selected cell MCC Please enter here the Mobile Country Code. The MCC defines the country where the network is located MNC Please enter here the Mobile Network Code. The MNC defines the network inside the country defined by MCC LAC Please enter here the Location Area Code. The LAC defines a group of base stations belonging regionally together. cell-id Please enter here the cell-id. The cell-id defines the number of the cell of which you want to see the data. All input fields are obligatory.

database

This menu option allows to download the database. File formats: measurements_?.csv file format Parameter Data type Description <mcc> integer Mobile country code <mnc> integer Mobile network code <lac> integer Local area code <cellid> integer Cell tower id <lon> double Longitude <lat> double Latitude <signal> integer Signal level ??? measurement unit ??? <measured_at> date When the measurement was measured. Returns a date in timestamp format: milliseconds since 1/1/1970 00:00:00 GMT; time zone: UTC <created_at> date When the measurement was added to OpenCellID database. Returns a date in timestamp format: milliseconds since 1/1/1970 00:00:00 GMT; time zone: UTC <rating> integer GPS quality/accuracy information <speed> integer Speed when measuring the measurement <direction> integer Heading direction when creating the measurement (0=north, 90=east) cell_towers.csv file format Parameter Data type Description <mcc> integer Mobile country code <mnc> integer Mobile network code <lac> integer Local area code <cellid> integer Cell tower id <lon> double Longitude changeable=1: average of longitude values of all related measurements changeable=0: exact GPS position of the tower <lat> double Latitude changeable=1: average of latitude values of all related measurements changeable=0: exact GPS position of the tower <samples> integer Number of measurements assigned to the cell tower <changeable> integer Defines if coordinates of the cell tower are exact or approximate; 1: the GPS position of the cell tower has been calculated from all available measurements 0: the GPS position of the cell tower is precise; no measurements have been used to calculate it. <created_at> date When the cell tower was added to the OpenCellID database. Returns a date in timestamp format: milliseconds since 1/1/1970 00:00:00 GMT time zone: UTC <updated_at> date When was the last update of the cell tower. Returns a date in timestamp format: (milliseconds since 1/1/1970 00:00:00 GMT time zone: UTC <averageSignal> integer Average signal level of assigned measurements ??? measurement unit ??? This menu option allows to upload measurements to the OpenCellID database. The apiKey is obligatory for uploading data. The data must be provided in a csv file. The required format of the csv file is specified here. name pls provide a unique name or nickname; this will later be used for the leader list and other personalized statistics e-mail a valid e-mail address is required to register for an apiKey; this e-mail address will not be used for anything that is not related to OpenCellID; it will neither be sold nor otherwise distributed to any third party password this password will later be required to access your personal OpenCellID data confirm password please re-enter your password here for securing that there is no misspelling