iphone - Getting cell tower information in an iOS application?

Question

My question is simple but I haven't found a good answer anywhere. My question is this: Is there a way through either the iOS SDK or third-party frameworks to get cell tower location data? Meaning cell tower location, distance from you, etc.

The signal application for iOS does this, so I know it's possible, but I can't seem to find any documentation or resources on the matter.

Thanks!

Answer 1

There is no official way to do this as far as I know. iOS SDKs abstract that info to a single and easy to use location API.

The application you link is probably using private APIs from iOS. That means that developer is using undocumented functions from iOS. If you really want to find more about it, you can try contacting him.

Also check this: iOS Private API Documentation