[maemo-developers] Neighboring Cell Towers

[From: Ian Stirling]

Neal H. Walfield wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm writing a context-aware application.  I want to learn the current
> location using any visible cell towers and their respective signal
<snip>
> I can get the currently associated cell tower using the Phone.Net API,
> but I have not found an interface to obtain the visible, non-connected
> cell towers.  Is there one?  Do I have to interface with the SIM card
> or modem directly?  If so, do you have any pointers on how I should go

As far as I'm aware, there is no way to do this.

ssh root at phone

Nokia-N900:~# pnatd
at+cops=?
+COPS: (2,"T-Mobile",,"23430",0),(2,"T-Mobile",,"23430",2),
(3,"O2 - UK",,"23410",0),
(3,"3 UK",,"23420",2),,(0,1,3),(0,2)
at+csq
+CSQ: 6,99


Is about the closest we get.
There isn't as I understand it a way to get the unconnected cell tower
info.

Various events you can listen to are sent over dbus.
http://maemo.org/packages/view/netmon/ for example.