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Originally Posted by thp View Post
Cool idea! Could you cache the returned values, so that in case one doesn't have an internet connection, but is again in a place that he/she has been before, the information can be returned immediately? (not having looked at the data that is sent, this might not be possible, depending on how fine-grained the input data is)
Could be done but it would mean creating a db etc. Eventually would be another map application. I will invest some time in finding a way to call the already available ovi maps on the location found. I know it is possible, but haven't found the time to search for the appropriate dbus call.

It would be great for this application to create an "offline positioning database" based on all the cell information. Also, can't you just record all the cellIDs while a user is running around in offline mode, then (if the user wants to) geocode all these IDs when the user is online the next time and save all this in the database for later retrieval?
This is basically what the next version will bring. A daemon will log all the cell ids it gets connected and later when wifi connection is available it will allow to get the geolocations visited.

In future, I would like to create a db to store all data and maybe add a tracker that updates automatically the geolocation data on selected network connections and date/time settings.

My knowledge is limited in the sql database creation and that makes it even more interesting for me. Unfortunately, I haven't found a good tutorial on sql and python yet.

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