Approximate device location

[mastricker]

Dear developer community,

I am in the need of approximating the location of the cell phone. I am able to get lac,mnc,mcc, signal strength etc.
To get a better approximation i would like to use the timing advance (TA) and collect all cells the device can see (not only the one I am connected). Is there any way to get this information? I am not bound to any specific device or technology. The device only should support Bluetooth (so the old nokia phones using FBus do not work). I tried to get the data using AT commands but none of the cellphones seems to implement commands that provide this data. Can you suggest any other technology/method to get this data?


have a nice day
max

[symbianyucca]

Haven't seen any working exmaple on getting TA, so why wouldn't you try using GPS, it would give you the location very accurately.