# Cell GPS / cell tower information in Rails app

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cell-gps-cell-tower-information-in-rails-app/136007>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 28, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cell-gps-cell-tower-information-in-rails-app/136007 "2008-04-28T00:37:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![donthaveone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@donthaveone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/donthaveone)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cell-gps-cell-tower-information-in-rails-app/136007/1 "2008-04-28T00:37:56Z")

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I’m developing a Rails app that would run on a mobile browser. Is there  
any way that I can get the GPS or cell tower information for the cell  
phone user? Are there any cell phone SDKs that integrate well with  
Rails?

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![donthaveone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@donthaveone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/donthaveone)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cell-gps-cell-tower-information-in-rails-app/136007/2 "2008-04-28T02:15:05Z")

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You would really need to check with the APIs of the mobile operating  
system  
and apps on on the cell phone(s). Most mobile platforms allow you to  
hook  
into the other apps hosted on the phone themselves. Last, if the mobile  
platform has a browser you need to find the API and restrictions that  
the  
browser has for talking to the operating system of the phone.  
JW

On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Dont Haveone \<