After about 5 years we finally did it, the next version of #navit is released now!
https://github.com/navit-gps/navit/releases/tag/v0.5.7
It brings loads of bug fixes and also some new features :)
For everyone reading who doesn't know what Navit is, it's a fully offline #openstreetmap based #navigation software for many different systems. With #geoclue it also works well on #mobilelinux. But we also have an app for #android.
The docs can be found here:
https://navit.readthedocs.io/en/v0.5.7/
I think that it is nowadays the default location provider on #Linux via #geoclue.
I collect via my secondary old Android phone via: neostumbler and towercollector.
For #mobilelinux there is geoclustumbler:
#archlinux tip: if you're having issues with #geoclue to enable location in certain websites, it is preferable to change the default MLS backend config to BeaconDB once you have the geoclue service installed and active, then these steps:
▶️ create a file: sudo mkdir -p /etc/geoclue/conf.d
▶️edit the file: sudo nano /etc/geoclue/conf.d/99-beacondb.conf
▶️add these lines to the previous file:
[wifi]
enable=true
url=https://api.beacondb.net/v1/geolocate
▶️ and restart the geoclue service.
Version 2.8.0 of Geoclue, the freedesktop.org location service was just released! The release highlights are #beacondb support and a separate GeoIP source with new backends. Coming to a #linux computer near you.
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/geoclue/geoclue/-/releases/2.8.0
... and speaking of #geolocation, a new release of Geoclue, the Dbus location service for Linux is about to be made. My finger is itching to press the merge button and this can only be prevented if you (yes, You) test the code from git and report bugs!
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/geoclue/geoclue/-/merge_requests/209
Yet another, mostly bugfix release of OLS, my local location server. The main attraction is probably native support for m8b-files from wigle.net. Get while it's hot (or not)!
#Neostumbler collects the data in the first place. While databases like #MLS (Backups), #OpenCellID and also Apples exist and are easily available, #BeaconDB only uses newly gathered data.
Neostumbler takes the real GPS location together with nearby Wifis, Cell Towers and Bluetooth beacons. These datasets get uploaded, and shortly after, clients like #geoclue or #microG that use BeaconDB, can find a location there.
Neostumbler shows an overlay map for existing data
on #linuxMobile #mobilelinux #free #mobilephone
collect geo data with #geoclue #geocluestumbler
Still have this question open. Why does #COSMIC require #geoclue
https://github.com/fsvm88/cosmic-overlay/issues/8
This needs to be optional IMHO.
Jkoan
Jan Vlug
🏁⚡Omar Two Tone⚡🏁
Fossman
tpikonen
boredsquirrel
Sebastian Büttrich @ ITU
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