Difference between revisions of "What is OpenCellID"
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− | |'''OpenCellID''' is the | + | |'''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.<br> |
− | More than 10 | + | More than 10,000 contributors have already registered with OpenCellID, contributing several hundred thousand new measurements every single day to the OpenCellID database. [http://opencellid.org/#&action=statistics.measurements&sortByRadio=4&dateFrom=&dateTo=&mcc=&mnc= Detailed statistics] are available in real time. |
− | The OpenCellID project was primarily created to serve as a '''data source for GSM | + | The OpenCellID project was primarily created to serve as a '''data source for GSM localisation'''.<br> |
− | As of Jan 1, 2014 the database contained more than 4 million unique GSM | + | As of Jan 1, 2014, the database contained more than 4 million unique GSM Cell IDs and 550 million [[measurements]]. |
− | OpenCellID provides '''100% free | + | OpenCellID provides '''100% free Cell ID data''' (CC-BY-SA 3.0 license);<br> |
the OpenCellID database is published under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons] open content license with the intention of promoting free use and redistribution of the data. | the OpenCellID database is published under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons] open content license with the intention of promoting free use and redistribution of the data. | ||
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Revision as of 23:22, 28 January 2014
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 10,000 contributors have already registered with OpenCellID, contributing several hundred thousand new measurements every single day 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. OpenCellID provides 100% free Cell ID data (CC-BY-SA 3.0 license); |