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    Does anyone now how can calculate the distance from the cell id?
    May be with the signal strength?
    Does anyway knows a formula to convert signal strength to distance?
    What the signal strength(GetSignalStrength)number represent?
    Be glad if anyone can clarify me this point.
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    Jose

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    Quote Originally Posted by jose_yallouz View Post
    Does anyone now how can calculate the distance from the cell id?
    May be with the signal strength?
    Does anyway knows a formula to convert signal strength to distance?
    What the signal strength(GetSignalStrength)number represent?
    Be glad if anyone can clarify me this point.
    Thanks
    Jose

    Hi Jose,

    Some food for thought, check these links out;

    http://ahmdalitaha.blogspot.com/2009...id-signal.html

    Maths, principles, study;

    http://cens.ucla.edu/~mhr/cs219/loca...revisani04.pdf

    http://www.scribd.com/doc/2412005/Cell-ID-Location


    Now, are you planning to develop an application...tell me more about what you are up to, ok?

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