[OSGeo Africa] Cellphone tower dataset

[Sindile Bidla]

Thank you for the valuable resources.

Regards,

Sindile Bidla
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On 17/11/2016 13:20, Grant Slater wrote:
> On 17 November 2016 at 07:50, Sindile Bidla
> <sindile.bidla at geoilocate.co.za> wrote:
>> I am looking for spatial data on existing cellphone towers.
>>
>> Any pointers where I can get this?
>>
> I believe the cellphone networks are very protective of their
> cellphone tower data. I've heard some of their agents getting copies,
> but under restrictive NDA agreements.
>
> There are projects like http://opencellid.org and
> https://location.services.mozilla.com/downloads which are trying to
> crowdsource the data, but coverage is somewhat patchy and noisy.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Grant
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