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Is this link still valid:

http://www.devx.com/wireless/Article/40524/1954. Looks like there is a secret API for location. It does not seem to work now. I think this is very old version because it does not say anything about the Google MAPS api key etc. Can some one please confirm is this is still valid ? Is it replaced with locationmanger.networkprovider code.

Thanks in advance for help on this.

user1465134
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    Chances are if it's "secret" it was never *valid* for third party use in the first place. – Alex W Jun 26 '12 at 01:59
  • Which part of the code mentioned in the article above are you referring to as "secret"? You mean the www.google.com/glm/mmap, not? – Mathias Conradt Jun 26 '12 at 02:11

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If you're referring to the GLM MMap API (www.google.com/glm/mmap) as being secret:

As of May 31, it seems that somebody's still seems to be using it, see

http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/maps/mSKE7eQohNE

even though the original website that is linked to from your article above does not exist anymore under http://www.google.com/glm/mmap

But I would assume it's still working, even though inofficial and not sure about the license/legal issues that come with your question.

And telephonyManager.getCellLocation() is still a valid API in Android (at least it's still in the SDK never tried myself what value it returns though).

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  • 1) My question is getting the latitude and longitude after getting the cellid, lac, mnc, mcc 2) Thro the telephone API i am getting the cell id, lac , mnc, mmc but not the exact location in terms of latitude and longitude. 3) Using opencell id database i am able to get the location of the cell id towers i am connected to but not my phones location. 4) I am trying to get my exact position of my phone using the google secret API 5) using location manager i am able to use network provider and get the location, but not thro this : http://www.googlecom/glm/mmap – user1465134 Jun 26 '12 at 16:53