Location services in Osmand

[jp...@gmx.de]

Hello,

one interesting feature of Google Maps on Android is the possibility to use Google location services in situations where GPS is unavailable (e.g. in indoor environments). Google then uses cell-IDs from the cellular (GSM/UMTS/CDMA) network or receivable WLAN information to query a Google-own database for the current location of the user.

Alternatively, there are at least four community projects that return the location of the user:

opencellid.org, when the GSM/UMTS cell ID is known

www.openwlanmap.org, when a known WLAN in receivable,

openbmap.org, if one of the above two is known,

wigle.net, if one of the above  two is known (maybe only WLAN).

I think it would be a nice feature for the "Where am I?" functionality in Osmand. I would implement it myself, but I have no conception in Android programming. 

Joachim Puhr, Germany