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'''<div style="font-size: 140%;">Become a member of a successful open-source community and have fun!</div> | '''<div style="font-size: 140%;">Become a member of a successful open-source community and have fun!</div> | ||
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|The following operating systems are supported: | |The following operating systems are supported: | ||
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==Enable Cell ID recording on tracking / telematics devices== | ==Enable Cell ID recording on tracking / telematics devices== | ||
Providers of telematics services or fleet management services typically operate many thousands of devices on behalf of their customers.<br> | Providers of telematics services or fleet management services typically operate many thousands of devices on behalf of their customers.<br> | ||
Most of these devices have the capability to record the currently-used Cell ID and the current GPS position.<br> | Most of these devices have the capability to record the currently-used Cell ID and the current GPS position.<br> | ||
The OpenCellID community offers free use of all available OpenCellID services to those tracking providers, who in return contribute their Cell ID data to the OpenCellID database under the OpenCellID license. | The OpenCellID community offers free use of all available OpenCellID services to those tracking providers, who in return contribute their Cell ID data to the OpenCellID database under the OpenCellID license. | ||
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==Donate data retrieved from other sources== | ==Donate data retrieved from other sources== | ||
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*GSM base station enthusiasts: some members of <u>[http://senderliste.de/ senderliste.de]</u> 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. | *GSM base station enthusiasts: some members of <u>[http://senderliste.de/ senderliste.de]</u> 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 <u>[mailto: | + | The OpenCellID community is highly interested in any donation of reliable GSM base station data. Please contact <u>[mailto:hello@opencellid.org us]</u> 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 <u>[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ OpenCellID license]</u>. |
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==Contribute your knowledge to this OpenCellID wiki== | ==Contribute your knowledge to this OpenCellID wiki== | ||
This wiki is based on <u>[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki Mediawiki]</u>, the famous wiki software used by many, including <u>[http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]</u>. | This wiki is based on <u>[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki Mediawiki]</u>, the famous wiki software used by many, including <u>[http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]</u>. | ||
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| − | First, you need to register an account by sending an email to [mailto: | + | <!-- First, you need to register an account by sending an email to [mailto:hello@opencellid.org?subject=Please%20create%20OpenCellID%20wiki%20account us], asking for an account. (We had to implement this because spam bots still got past recaptcha a lot.) |
After getting your account created and logging in, you can edit all wiki pages in the "Public:" name space. You can also add new "Public:" pages to this wiki in case you have an interesting topic.<br> | After getting your account created and logging in, you can edit all wiki pages in the "Public:" name space. You can also add new "Public:" pages to this wiki in case you have an interesting topic.<br> | ||
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| + | Reach out with a description of your data at '''hello[@]opencellid.org''' | ||
Latest revision as of 12:12, 6 December 2018
Why Contribute to OpenCelliD?
Cell ID data can be used for various tasks:
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Recording Cell ID data on the go with a smartphone app
Various apps are available for different types of smartphones that allow the recording of data for the OpenCellID project.
