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The OpenCellID project was primarily created to serve as a '''data source for GSM localisation'''.<br>
 
The OpenCellID project was primarily created to serve as a '''data source for GSM localisation'''.<br>
As of Jul 1, 2014, the database contained more than 5 million unique GSM Cell IDs and 850 million <u>[[measurements]]</u>.
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As of Aug, 2014, the database contained more than 6 million unique GSM Cell IDs and 1 Billion <u>[[measurements]]</u>.
  
 
OpenCellID provides '''100% free Cell ID data''' (CC-BY-SA 3.0 license).<br>
 
OpenCellID provides '''100% free Cell ID data''' (CC-BY-SA 3.0 license).<br>

Revision as of 12:36, 23 August 2014

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What is OpenCellID?

OpenCellID is the world's largest collaborative community project that collects GPS positions of cell towers, used free of charge, for a multitude of commercial and private purposes.

More than 15,000 contributors have already registered with OpenCellID, contributing more than 1 million new measurements every day in average to the OpenCellID database. Detailed statistics are available in real time.

The OpenCellID project was primarily created to serve as a data source for GSM localisation.
As of Aug, 2014, the database contained more than 6 million unique GSM Cell IDs and 1 Billion measurements.

OpenCellID provides 100% free Cell ID data (CC-BY-SA 3.0 license).
The OpenCellID database is published under a Creative Commons open content license with the intention of promoting free use and redistribution of the data.

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