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How to find the location with GSM cells

By on September 18, 2011

Discover how to find the coordinate from the GSM cells!!

 

The PHP code to find the coordinates from GSM cells

 

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
  <head>
    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <title>Tracking cell by Boris Landoni Example</title>

	<?php

function geturl()
{

	if ($_REQUEST["myl"] != "") {
	  $temp = split(":", $_REQUEST["myl"]);
	  $mcc = substr("00000000".($temp[0]),-8);
	  $mnc = substr("00000000".($temp[1]),-8);
	  $lac = substr("00000000".($temp[2]),-8);
	  $cid = substr("00000000".($temp[3]),-8);	  
	} else {
	  $hex = $_REQUEST["hex"];
	  //echo "hex $hex";
	  if ($hex=="1"){
			//echo "da hex to dec";	
			$mcc=substr("00000000".hexdec($_REQUEST["mcc"]),-8);
			$mnc=substr("00000000".hexdec($_REQUEST["mnc"]),-8);
			$lac=substr("00000000".hexdec($_REQUEST["lac"]),-8);
			$cid=substr("00000000".hexdec($_REQUEST["cid"]),-8);

			$nlac[0]=substr("00000000".hexdec($_REQUEST["lac0"]),-8);
			$ncid[0]=substr("00000000".hexdec($_REQUEST["cid0"]),-8);			
			$nlac[1]=substr("00000000".hexdec($_REQUEST["lac1"]),-8);
			$ncid[1]=substr("00000000".hexdec($_REQUEST["cid1"]),-8);
			$nlac[2]=substr("00000000".hexdec($_REQUEST["lac2"]),-8);
			$ncid[2]=substr("00000000".hexdec($_REQUEST["cid2"]),-8);
			$nlac[3]=substr("00000000".hexdec($_REQUEST["lac3"]),-8);
			$ncid[3]=substr("00000000".hexdec($_REQUEST["cid3"]),-8);
			$nlac[4]=substr("00000000".hexdec($_REQUEST["lac4"]),-8);
			$ncid[4]=substr("00000000".hexdec($_REQUEST["cid4"]),-8);
			$nlac[5]=substr("00000000".hexdec($_REQUEST["lac5"]),-8);
			$ncid[5]=substr("00000000".hexdec($_REQUEST["cid5"]),-8);

	  }else{
			//echo "lascio dec";	
			$mcc = substr("00000000".$_REQUEST["mcc"],-8);
			$mnc = substr("00000000".$_REQUEST["mnc"],-8);
			$lac = substr("00000000".$_REQUEST["lac"],-8);
			$cid = substr("00000000".$_REQUEST["cid"],-8);

			$nlac[0]=substr("00000000".($_REQUEST["lac0"]),-8);
			$ncid[0]=substr("00000000".($_REQUEST["cid0"]),-8);			
			$nlac[1]=substr("00000000".($_REQUEST["lac1"]),-8);
			$ncid[1]=substr("00000000".($_REQUEST["cid1"]),-8);
			$nlac[2]=substr("00000000".($_REQUEST["lac2"]),-8);
			$ncid[2]=substr("00000000".($_REQUEST["cid2"]),-8);
			$nlac[3]=substr("00000000".($_REQUEST["lac3"]),-8);
			$ncid[3]=substr("00000000".($_REQUEST["cid3"]),-8);
			$nlac[4]=substr("00000000".($_REQUEST["lac4"]),-8);
			$ncid[4]=substr("00000000".($_REQUEST["cid4"]),-8);
			$nlac[5]=substr("00000000".($_REQUEST["lac5"]),-8);
			$ncid[5]=substr("00000000".($_REQUEST["cid5"]),-8);
	  }
	}
	//echo "MCC : $mcc <br> MNC : $mnc <br>LAC : $lac <br>CID : $cid <br>";
	return array ($mcc, $mnc, $lac, $cid, $nlac, $ncid);
}
function decodegoogle($mcc,$mnc,$lac,$cid)
{

	$mcch=substr("00000000".dechex($mcc),-8);
	$mnch=substr("00000000".dechex($mnc),-8);
	$lach=substr("00000000".dechex($lac),-8);
	$cidh=substr("00000000".dechex($cid),-8);

	echo "<tr><td>Hex </td><td>MCC: $mcch </td><td>MNC: $mnch </td><td>LAC: $lach </td><td>CID: $cidh </td></tr></table>";

$data = 
"\x00\x0e". // Function Code?
"\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00". //Session ID?
"\x00\x00". // Contry Code 
"\x00\x00". // Client descriptor
"\x00\x00". // Version
"\x1b". // Op Code?
"\x00\x00\x00\x00". // MNC
"\x00\x00\x00\x00". // MCC
"\x00\x00\x00\x03".
"\x00\x00".
"\x00\x00\x00\x00". //CID
"\x00\x00\x00\x00". //LAC
"\x00\x00\x00\x00". //MNC
"\x00\x00\x00\x00". //MCC
"\xff\xff\xff\xff". // ??
"\x00\x00\x00\x00"  // Rx Level?
;

$init_pos = strlen($data);
$data[$init_pos - 38]= pack("H*",substr($mnch,0,2));
$data[$init_pos - 37]= pack("H*",substr($mnch,2,2));
$data[$init_pos - 36]= pack("H*",substr($mnch,4,2));
$data[$init_pos - 35]= pack("H*",substr($mnch,6,2));
$data[$init_pos - 34]= pack("H*",substr($mcch,0,2));
$data[$init_pos - 33]= pack("H*",substr($mcch,2,2));
$data[$init_pos - 32]= pack("H*",substr($mcch,4,2));
$data[$init_pos - 31]= pack("H*",substr($mcch,6,2));
$data[$init_pos - 24]= pack("H*",substr($cidh,0,2));
$data[$init_pos - 23]= pack("H*",substr($cidh,2,2));
$data[$init_pos - 22]= pack("H*",substr($cidh,4,2));
$data[$init_pos - 21]= pack("H*",substr($cidh,6,2));
$data[$init_pos - 20]= pack("H*",substr($lach,0,2));
$data[$init_pos - 19]= pack("H*",substr($lach,2,2));
$data[$init_pos - 18]= pack("H*",substr($lach,4,2));
$data[$init_pos - 17]= pack("H*",substr($lach,6,2));
$data[$init_pos - 16]= pack("H*",substr($mnch,0,2));
$data[$init_pos - 15]= pack("H*",substr($mnch,2,2));
$data[$init_pos - 14]= pack("H*",substr($mnch,4,2));
$data[$init_pos - 13]= pack("H*",substr($mnch,6,2));
$data[$init_pos - 12]= pack("H*",substr($mcch,0,2));
$data[$init_pos - 11]= pack("H*",substr($mcch,2,2));
$data[$init_pos - 10]= pack("H*",substr($mcch,4,2));
$data[$init_pos - 9]= pack("H*",substr($mcch,6,2));

if ((hexdec($cid) > 0xffff) && ($mcch != "00000000") && ($mnch != "00000000")) {
  $data[$init_pos - 27] = chr(5);
} else {
  $data[$init_pos - 24]= chr(0);
  $data[$init_pos - 23]= chr(0);
}

$context = array (
        'http' => array (
            'method' => 'POST',
            'header'=> "Content-type: application/binary\r\n"
                . "Content-Length: " . strlen($data) . "\r\n",
            'content' => $data
            )
        );

$xcontext = stream_context_create($context);
$str=file_get_contents("http://www.google.com/glm/mmap",FALSE,$xcontext);

if (strlen($str) > 10) {
  $lat_tmp = unpack("l",$str[10].$str[9].$str[8].$str[7]);
  $lat = $lat_tmp[1]/1000000;
  $lon_tmp = unpack("l",$str[14].$str[13].$str[12].$str[11]);
  $lon = $lon_tmp[1]/1000000;
  $raggio_tmp = unpack("l",$str[18].$str[17].$str[16].$str[15]);
  $raggio = $raggio_tmp[1]/1;
  } else {
  echo "Not found!";
  $lat = 0;
  $lon = 0;
  }
  return array($lat,$lon,$raggio);

}

list($mcc,$mnc,$lac,$cid, $nlac, $ncid)=geturl();

echo "<table cellspacing=30><tr><td>Dec</td><td>MCC: $mcc </td><td>MNC: $mnc </td><td>LAC: $lac </td><td>CID: $cid </td></tr>";

list ($lat,$lon,$raggio)=decodegoogle($mcc,$mnc,$lac,$cid);

  echo "<br>Google result for the main Cell<br>";
  echo "Lat=$lat <br> Lon=$lon <br> Range=$raggio m<br>";
  echo "<a href=\"http://maps.google.it/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=it&geocode=&q=$lat,$lon&z=14\" TARGET=\"_blank\" >See on Google maps</a> <BR> <br>";

  for ($contatore=0; $contatore < (count($nlac)); $contatore++) {
	if ($nlac[$contatore]==0) {
		//echo "trovato campo vuoto al contatore $contatore<BR>";
		$ncelle=$contatore;
		break;
	}	
}

for ($contatore=0; $contatore < ($ncelle); $contatore++) {
	echo "LAC: $nlac[$contatore]\t CID: $ncid[$contatore]<BR>";
	list ($nlat[$contatore],$nlon[$contatore],$nraggio[$contatore])=decodegoogle($mcc,$mnc,$nlac[$contatore],$ncid[$contatore]);
	echo "<br>Google result for the Neighbor Cell $contatore <br>";
	echo "nLat=$nlat[$contatore] <br> nLon=$nlon[$contatore] <br> nRaggio=$nraggio[$contatore] m<br><br>";
}

  echo "<div id=\"map\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 700px\"></div>";
  echo "<script type=\"text/javascript\">";
  echo "var latgoogle=$lat;";
  echo "var longoogle=$lon;";
  echo "var raggio=$raggio;";

//creo un file contenente le coordinate delle celle ****  
	$stringa_xml_doc = " <markers>\n\t";
	$stringa_xml_doc =$stringa_xml_doc. "<marker lat=\"$lat\" lng=\"$lon\" rag=\"$raggio\" html=\"Main cell\" ico=\"antred\" label=\"Main\" />"; 
		for($contatore= 0; $contatore < $ncelle; $contatore++) 
		{ 
			if ($nlat[$contatore]!=0) {
				$stringa_xml_doc =$stringa_xml_doc. "<marker lat=\"$nlat[$contatore]\" lng=\"$nlon[$contatore]\" rag=\"$nraggio[$contatore]\" html=\"Cell $contatore\" ico=\"antbrown\" label=\"Marker $contatore\" />"; 
			}

		} 
	$stringa_xml_doc =$stringa_xml_doc."\n </markers>";

	echo ($stringa_xml_doc);
	//$stringa_xml = $stringa_xml_dtd.$stringa_xml_doc;
	$stringa_xml = $stringa_xml_doc;

	$file_name = "celle_xml.xml";
	$file = fopen ($file_name,"w");
	$num = fwrite ($file, $stringa_xml);

	fclose($file);

	echo("File XML creato con successo!!");

//***

  echo "nLat=new Array();";
  echo "nLon=new Array();";
  echo "nraggio=new Array();";
  for ($contatore=0; $contatore < ($ncelle); $contatore++)
            { 
  echo "        nLat [$contatore]   =$nlat[$contatore];
				nLon [$contatore]   =$nlon[$contatore];
				nraggio [$contatore]=$nraggio[$contatore];";

            }

  echo "</script>";

?>

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	<script src="http://maps.google.com/maps?file=api&amp;v=2&amp;key=ABQIAAAAIJFMStkxCl4SCny-4ljyrBRkrgiUOwoahV4KonZmGOdSmhVVVBTizYtL9IQMT4sND3EJvMdlOrIA8g" type="text/javascript"></script> 

  </head>

 <body onunload="GUnload()">

		<center>
		<br>
		<br>
		<script type="text/javascript"><!--
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/* OE Link Banner post */
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</script>
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src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>
<br>
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</center>

	<script type="text/javascript">

   //function initialize() {
      if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
		//alert("boris2");

    //}

	// This function picks up the click and opens the corresponding info window
      function myclick(i) {
        GEvent.trigger(gmarkers[i], "click");
      }

	    var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map"));
        //map.setCenter(new GLatLng(37.4419, -122.1419), 13);
        map.setUIToDefault();	

	function cursore() {
		alert("boris");
		var pointg = new GLatLng(latgoogle,longoogle);
		alert(pointg);
    }

	  // A function to create the marker and set up the event window
      function createMarker(point,name,html,icona) {		
        var marker = new GMarker(point,markerOptions);
        GEvent.addListener(marker, "click", function() {
          marker.openInfoWindowHtml(html);
        });
        return marker;
      }

// Read the data from example.xml
      GDownloadUrl("celle_xml.xml", function(doc) {
        var xmlDoc = GXml.parse(doc);
        var markers = xmlDoc.documentElement.getElementsByTagName("marker");

        for (var i = 0; i < markers.length; i++) {
          // obtain the attribues of each marker
          var lat = parseFloat(markers[i].getAttribute("lat"));
          var lng = parseFloat(markers[i].getAttribute("lng"));
          var raggio = parseFloat(markers[i].getAttribute("rag"));
		  var icona = markers[i].getAttribute("ico");
		  var Icon = new GIcon(G_DEFAULT_ICON);
			Icon.image = icona + ".png";

			// Set up our GMarkerOptions object

				markerOptions = { icon:Icon };

		  var point = new GLatLng(lat,lng);

          var html = markers[i].getAttribute("html");
          var label = markers[i].getAttribute("label");

          // create the marker
			if (icona=="antred") {
				var color="#FF0000";
				var fillColor="#FF6600";
			}
			else {
				var color="#FF6699";
				var fillColor="#FF99CC";
			}
		  var thickness=4;
		  var opacity=0.4;

		  var fillOpacity=0.2;

		  var polyCircle=drawCircle(point, raggio, color, thickness, opacity, fillColor, fillOpacity);		
		  map.addOverlay(polyCircle); 
          var marker = createMarker(point,label,html,markerOptions);
          map.addOverlay(marker);
        }
			map.setCenter(point, 13);
        // put the assembled side_bar_html contents into the side_bar div
        //document.getElementById("side_bar").innerHTML = side_bar_html;
      });

        function drawCircle(center, radius, color, thickness, opacity, fillColor, fillOpacity) 
        { 

			radiusMiles=radius*0.000621371192;
			//alert(radiusMiles);
            var degreesPerPoint = 8; 
            var radiusLat = radiusMiles * (1/69.046767); // there are >> >> > 69.046767 miles per degree latitude 
            var radiusLon = radiusMiles * (1/(69.046767 * Math.cos(parseFloat(center.lat()) * Math.PI / 180))); 
            var points = new Array(); 
            //Loop through all degrees from 0 to 360 
            for(var i = 0; i < 360; i += degreesPerPoint) 
            { 
                var point = new GLatLng(parseFloat(center.lat()) + (radiusLat * Math.sin(i * Math.PI / 180)), parseFloat(center.lng()) + (radiusLon * Math.cos(i * Math.PI / 180))); 
					points.push(point); 
            } 
            points.push(points[0]);     // close the circle 

            polyCircle = new GPolygon(points, color, thickness, opacity, fillColor, fillOpacity) 
            return polyCircle;
        } 
 }

	</script>

<script type="text/javascript">	

  //cursore(); 	//carica il marcatore

</script>

  </body>
</html>

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About Boris Landoni

Boris Landoni is the technical manager of Open-Electronics.org. Skilled in the GSM field, embraces the Open Source philosophy and its projects are available to the community.
  • Bajpan Gosh

    it’s my cell locationhttp://www.ottaky.com/images/netmon.jpg details but i cant find the location# could you ex plane ..#

  • http://www.open-electronics.org Boris Landoni

    Hi, can you give me other cells?
    Could be that they are wrong or that this cell is not in Google database.

  • logbor

    Halo Boris,
    Iam tested my cellId and LAC is worked.
    Iam interested with this script.
    But iam newbie and want to learn it.
    Can you upload one bundled all script php and html, so i can upload to my hosting to runing it.

    many-many thanks

  • logbor

    And for you info:
    i was upload to my hosting: celltrack.html and cell.php
    But when i click “send”, not open the result.

    I guess i need the right html.

    Thanks

  • http://www.open-electronics.org Boris Landoni

    Hi logbor, the code in this page is the PHP code…

  • logbor

    Hai Boris,
    Thats OK Now.

    http://gps.comuf.com/celltrack/
    Please delete my last comment.

    thanks

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