3G tower coordinates grabouw, cpt

Latitude 34° 9'2.06"S
Longitude 19° 0'54.98"E
 
me again...

Before i created this thread I called 082155 and the consultant informed me over the phone that there is 3 signal towers in the area.

Can I please get the coordinates of the other 2 towers as well, when we go setup the antenna on the roof we will point it to the tower with the least obstructions(trees, buildings etc...) in the way.

Thanks.
 
Here is a method that I think does not work...

If you have Nokia Maps, you may be able set your phone to NOT use GPS positioning, but instead to look up the cell tower in Nokia's database and estimate your position from that. On an E63 it's under Settings - General - Positioning, and the server's address is supl.nokia.com

Then, in Maps, when you go to 'My Position', you will be taken to where Nokia thinks the tower is.

However, I have noticed that for certain towers 'My Position' is wrong. In fact, it is in the sea! My guess is that Nokia is collecting the actual GPS locations of cellphones connected to that tower (presumably those nokia phones with both GPS and Assisted-GPS activated) and averaging them. If the tower is near the sea on a bay, the average position of connected phones may well be in the sea.

Can anyone shed some light on this? Is there another server which returns the actual tower locations?
 
kingr said:
me again...

Before i created this thread I called 082155 and the consultant informed me over the phone that there is 3 signal towers in the area.

Can I please get the coordinates of the other 2 towers as well, when we go setup the antenna on the roof we will point it to the tower with the least obstructions(trees, buildings etc...) in the way.

Thanks.
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Sorry was in a meeting

I only see 1 other BTS ,

Latitude 34° 9'8.06"S
Longitude 19° 1'42.49"E
 
har said:
Here is a method that I think does not work...

If you have Nokia Maps, you may be able set your phone to NOT use GPS positioning, but instead to look up the cell tower in Nokia's database and estimate your position from that. On an E63 it's under Settings - General - Positioning, and the server's address is supl.nokia.com

Then, in Maps, when you go to 'My Position', you will be taken to where Nokia thinks the tower is.

However, I have noticed that for certain towers 'My Position' is wrong. In fact, it is in the sea! My guess is that Nokia is collecting the actual GPS locations of cellphones connected to that tower (presumably those nokia phones with both GPS and Assisted-GPS activated) and averaging them. If the tower is near the sea on a bay, the average position of connected phones may well be in the sea.

Can anyone shed some light on this? Is there another server which returns the actual tower locations?
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cool, but this does not sound accurate for what i'm requiring.
 
VodacomData said:
BTS 1: 1.21km away from link given.

latitude 34° 9'8.20"S
Longitude 19° 1'42.89"E

BTS 2: 3.39km

Latitude 34° 9'19.33"S
Longitude 18°58'44.28"E
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Thanks VodacomData but these seem to be in Grabouw. The location in the link is Mpumalanga.
 
har said:
Here is a method that I think does not work...

If you have Nokia Maps, you may be able set your phone to NOT use GPS positioning, but instead to look up the cell tower in Nokia's database and estimate your position from that. On an E63 it's under Settings - General - Positioning, and the server's address is supl.nokia.com

Then, in Maps, when you go to 'My Position', you will be taken to where Nokia thinks the tower is.

However, I have noticed that for certain towers 'My Position' is wrong. In fact, it is in the sea! My guess is that Nokia is collecting the actual GPS locations of cellphones connected to that tower (presumably those nokia phones with both GPS and Assisted-GPS activated) and averaging them. If the tower is near the sea on a bay, the average position of connected phones may well be in the sea.

Can anyone shed some light on this? Is there another server which returns the actual tower locations?
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Doing that puts me just about 200km South of Cairo. Which I'm not...
 
Did you specify an Access point under Settings? If Nokia Maps had successfully queried the server, there should be a GPRS/Internet connection in your log for about 3K of data.
 
Park@82 said:
Thanks VodacomData but these seem to be in Grabouw. The location in the link is Mpumalanga.
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When i checked the co-ordinates from the link it put me in Grabouw , do you have your co-ordinates?
 
Yes, the access point has always been there, and maps definitely opened a connection. I've just tried again, and it gives the same location. The amount of data transferred is 35KB down and 6KB up.
 
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