Nice idea, we could do this together with your other proposal: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.geolocation/_aCpRvSuc9c
This way our database would grow much more quickly. We probably need a second database for that. Stumblers could light up those empty spots/islands and make the position the Firefox OS user selected before valid/not valid so that MLS could (not) rely on them and present them as fairly accurate data or throw them away if the user lied (probably faked data if the marked position is too far away from the real one the Stumbler detected for those wifi aps/cell towers on-the-fly). PS: sorry first I didn't send it to the list (only to Chris) and now I forgot to remove the "Fwd:" and it's a separate thread, this mail should be correct though. Regards, Felix Am 16.07.2014 22:33, schrieb Chris Peterson:
Because MLS coverage is spotty in some regions and some Firefox OS devices are shipping without GPS, Gerv suggested that we add UI so Firefox OS users can set their location on a map. A device could build its own stumbling database of Wi-Fi and cell data with user-defined position data. This is a very interesting idea because it replaces the poor MLS results with precise locations. We could submit this data back to MLS, too, but that is a secondary goal. However, the UX would be tricky. If a user picks the wrong location, how do they correct it? Do we ask the user every time to pick their location, but initialize the map with the best guess (either MLS/GeoIP the first time and then the user-defined location thereafter)? If the user picks the same location three times in a row, maybe we can assume that answer is correct. chris _______________________________________________ dev-geolocation mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-geolocation
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