Haveyoueverwonderedwhereyournearestmobilephonetowerwas?Whatservicesdoesitsupport?Howfastarethe4GInternetspeedsinyourarea?Howfardoesthesignalreach?Whichisthebestphoneproviderforyou?Is5Gavailableinyourarea?
Ifso,thisappisforyou!
UpdatedweeklywiththelatesttowerinformationfromtheAustralianCommunicationsandMediaAuthority(ACMA),thisapppresentsallyoueverwantedtoknowaboutyourlocalmobilephonetowersinafunandinteractiveformat.
TheappincludesdetailsofTelstra,Optus,Vodafone,NBN,TPG,TV,pagers,government,CBRSandaviationtransmitters!Itcanidentifywhichtowersyourphoneisusing.
Notes:
TheFollowGPSfeature(onthetoptoolbar)willcausethescreentorelocatetoyourcurrentpositionevery5secondsandthescreenwillstayon.Usethisfeaturewhiletravelingbutturnitoffwhenyoujustwanttoexploreothertowersmanually.
Thisapplicationwillmonitorthecelltowerconnectedtoyourphonetoassistindisplayingtowerinformationtoyou.TowerandphoneinformationissenttoourserversandtoOpenCellID/MozillaLocationServices.Amarkerwillbeaddedtoyourmapviewwhenthishappens.Nopersonallyidentifiableinformationiscollected,otherthanyourAndroidIdandyourlocation.
Unfortunately,someSamsungdevices(includingtheS6)donotimplementallnetworkinterfacescorrectly(oratall)soyouwillfindsomefeatureswillnotwork.Thisismainlylimitedtothecurrentnetworkfrequenciesbutmayalsopreventdetectionofwhichtoweryouareusing.ThisisafirmwareproblemsoonlySamsungcanfixthis.Youcanstillusethisapptobrowsethelocaltowers.
AmenuoptionwasrecentlyaddedtoallowyoutoadjusttheTimingAdvance(TA)size,whichistheorangecircledrawnonthemap,assomephonesreporttheTAnormallyandsomereportitathalfthecorrectsize.Iftheorangecircleisn'tthecorrectsizeonthemaptocrossthroughthelocationofyourphone'stower,thentrythealternateTimingAdvancesizesetting(we'llautomatethissoon).