Jan Vlug

To all #FOSS supporting people traveling these days: Please consider collecting wireless geolocation information for the #publicdomain #geolocation database #beaconDB.

https://beacondb.net/

Check the map via the link above to see how it is filling up with more and more points. Amazing and very interesting to see.

Also note the differences per continent.

#opensource #wifi #gsm #bluetooth #geodata #location #38C3 #FOSDEM #neostumbler #TowerCollector

beaconDB

Dec 26, 2024 at 7:40amWeb
Show threadJan VlugDec 26, 2024

See also this for contributing to #beaconDB via #geoclue:

https://fosstodon.org/@kop316/113592275375591725

#FOSS #opensource #geodata #linux

Chris (@[email protected])

With the help of @[email protected] , I was able to fix geoclue not being able to submit new locations to beaconDB! The MR is here: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/geoclue/geoclue/-/merge_requests/192 With that fixed, I made a Linux mobile stumbler that works with geoclue to submit data! You can find it here: https://gitlab.com/kop316/geoclue-stumbler (Note that you'll need that patch for the stumbler to actually submit data).

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Show threadAylenDec 26, 2024
@janvlug reminds me of my colleague using his phone hotspot on the ICE and another passenger complaining about Google Maps showing her location in Berlin despite being in Nürnberg. And him realizing that he used that same phone hotspot for some years in Berlin.
Show threadGerbrand van DieyenDec 27, 2024
@asdil12 @janvlug I like the elegance of wifi hotspots for location service but I wondered what happens if you move your hotspot.
I'd think wifi hotspot are validated by comparing with other hotspots in their vicinity
Show threadJan VlugJan 6, 2025
@gerbrand @asdil12 I think moving wifi hotspots will be filtered out: https://codeberg.org/beacondb/beacondb/issues/35
Block transport wifis (trains, busses)

# Germany ## Trains & Busses - WIFIonICE - WIFI@DB - BVG-Wifi - RRX Hotspot - FlixBus-WLAN - FlixTrain-WLAN - mobil mit der koveb - REVG WLAN - Hotspot S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr # France ## Trains & Busses - ALSAWIFI # Austria ## Trains & Busses - OEBB - OEBB-Wlan # Singapour ## Trains & Busses - Wireles...

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Show threadSebastian "spaetz" SpaethDec 26, 2024
@janvlug if you look at that map, you'd never have guessed @beacondb was founded by an Aussie 😉. Hope to get this map blue all over the world.
Show threadEthanDec 28, 2024
@janvlug Any way to do this with iOS? A quick glance isn’t making it clear to me.
Show threadJan VlugJan 6, 2025
@xirrin Not that I'm aware of.