2G/3G cell tower location tracking?

[dfense]

Will it be possible to use cell tower triangulation to allow location tracking w/o a GPS chip on the electron platform ?

[Moors7]

It's been asked before

ANNOUNCEMENT: Introducing the Electron

Hello, I just discovered you guys and preordered a couple of photons and an Electron. (I have been waiting for your product for years) I was wondering, if like cellphones, could you use tower triangulation and get low-resolution geolocation with the Electron. Obviously, you can hook up a GPS module, but if you only needed general location,does your hardware support this functionality?

Electron: Hardware Discussion

JST connector for sure, regarding the LiPo power (and a pin header for powering with an external LiPo for embedded purposes). There was a question regarding GPS in this thread… Does the cellular module itself have aGPS capablility? (and if so, will an extra uFL connector be exposed for a GPS antenna). I would find it very valuable to have this functionality incorporated if the cellular module has it natively – I imagine a large number of remote applications will want GPS data (or aGPS data). …

[usamacpp]

You can use Cellular.command() to send AT commands for GPS signal strength obtained by GSM network signals.
Also, you can use UBlox AT commands manual as a reference https://www.u-blox.com/sites/default/files/u-blox-ATCommands_Manual_(UBX-13002752).pdf.
I think no especial antenna needed, just the one you have in package with electron board.

[ScruffR]

Since this was an old thread, things have moved on already.

Electron Cellular Locate Test App

Hey All! The Electron has a cool feature called CellLocate where it can provide triangulated GPS coordinates based on signal strength of Cell Towers nearby. [image] Here’s a white paper from u-blox describing the feature: Hybrid positioning and CellLocateTM Below is a little test application I came up with last night to play with the feature, see how it works and what we might want in the official API. In practice the LAT/LONG is always kind of near one of three locations by me, but it’s …