On Tuesday, July 8, 2014 11:00:34 PM UTC+2, Kevin Everets wrote: > > This would require a user to know their approximate location in order to > > look up their location based on nearby WiFi networks. An approximate > > location could be obtained using cell tower data. > > > > As discussed previously, it would not require an approximate location, > > though that could be used as additional (optional) data. The hash of a few > > WiFi BSSIDs would be enough to discern approximate location, with more > > BSSIDs increasing confidence. > > > > Bounding boxes would not be required.
I was not referring to Sam's original proposal, but to the one I had made a paragraph earlier in my post. The proposal I made uses a hash of the BSSID and its approximate (i.e. rounded) location as a lookup key and returns complete latitude and longitude. Unlike other proposals, which require multiple access points to determine a location, using a hash dependent on approximate location would work even with just a single BSSID (and thus in areas with scarce coverage) but constrain searches to a bounding box. _______________________________________________ dev-geolocation mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-geolocation
