[albgarse]

Hi!

I'm developing a geolocalization application, so I'm using the location module.
After retrieving the lac and cellid from location.gsm_location(), I know I can retrieve lat & lng from a web service or an http request to a google service.
My problem is that the phone is not going to be able to connect to Internet. Is there any way to get a database of cellids and use it locally on the phone (for a restricted area).
I don't know if this database is public or can be purschased.

Is there any othe way to get positioning info without Internet connection?

Regards.

[Rafael T.]

Originally Posted by albgarse

Hi!

I'm developing a geolocalization application, so I'm using the location module.
After retrieving the lac and cellid from location.gsm_location(), I know I can retrieve lat & lng from a web service or an http request to a google service.
My problem is that the phone is not going to be able to connect to Internet. Is there any way to get a database of cellids and use it locally on the phone (for a restricted area).
I don't know if this database is public or can be purschased.

Is there any othe way to get positioning info without Internet connection?

Regards.

Hi albgarse,

Maybe you can use positioning module, if you are working with phones that have built-in GPS

Or maybe if it doesn't have it built-in, you could use a bluetooth GPS.

Check the Python Library Reference page 57, which has all the information about the positioning module.



Hope it helps,

Rafael.

[gaba88]

Hi albgarse

Rafael has mentioned the other way i will take your other question abt database of cellids i m sorry but there is no database like that.
We had lots of discussion earlier at the dibo a search can help you.

Best Regards

[trymukesh]

hi there,

my problem is related to yours.
i have got latitude and longitude values but i don't know how to calculate the distance between them.

i know the formula, but need the code that runs on pys60

any help will be greatly appreciated.

cheers,
M

[albgarse]

Hi!

It should be something like

        distance = sqrt((lat1 - lat2) ** 2 + (lng1 - lng2) ** 2) * 111.12

111.12 is a constant to translate distance to Kilometers. If you want the distance in miles, pultiply by 69.047 instead.

Regards.

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Originally Posted by trymukesh

hi there,

my problem is related to yours.
i have got latitude and longitude values but i don't know how to calculate the distance between them.

i know the formula, but need the code that runs on pys60

any help will be greatly appreciated.

cheers,
M