lte_cell_locate

This is a script used to return an approximate location based on a hex string input containing cell tower information. It makes use of Google Geolocation and Maps APIs.

• Hex string input is parsed

• Geolocation request is formed

• Geolocation response is parsed

• Maps URL is formed with parsed Geoloc response (lat, lng) & opened

• If input is left empty, a known test string is used instead

Usage

You will need need a Google Geolocation API key(GEO_API_KEY) and the API usage and billing information (you need to enable billing on your project).

• Data piped to stdin must contain cell tower information.

$ export GEO_API_KEY=value
$ echo "data_to_parse" | python3 cell_geolocate.py

• Script will exit with status 0 if successful
• exit 1: input parse error
• exit 2: cell info not found
• exit 3 | 4: geolocation request failed