How to convert coordinate to lac/cid

Question

We all know that how to convert lac/cid to latitude/longitude, by use google gears like this:

public Location callGear(ArrayList<CellIDInfo> cellID) {
JSONObject data,current_data;
JSONArray array = new JSONArray();

current_data = new JSONObject();
current_data.put(\"cell_id\", cellID.get(0).cellId);
current_data.put(\"location_area_code\", cellID.get(0).locationAreaCode);

// do something...

Location loc = new Location(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);
loc.setLatitude((Double) data.get(\"latitude\"));
loc.setLongitude((Double) data.get(\"longitude\"));
return loc;

}

However, is it possible to do a reverse convert? Get lac/cid from a valid coordinate? Any suggestion?

Check [this](http://stackoverflow.com/a/4152570/1306419) answer. It might help. — Shobhit Puri, May 19 '13 at 03:57
My problem is: given a valid coordinate(latitude&longitude), output its corresponding lac/cid. And, can use any method, not limited to android... — Neil.L, May 19 '13 at 04:03

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 05 '14 at 10:55

I think that there is no simple way of achieving this. A given location can be served by several cells, and the cell that a mobile device selects depends on a number of factors (signal strength, for example).

The only case when you could say for sure which cell serves a given location is when you know for sure that there is one and only one cell covering that location.

How to convert coordinate to lac/cid

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