Gerv suggested this UX for Firefox OS users in locations that are not
covered by the MLS database. When MLS returns "no result", the user
could pick a location on a popup map (possibly guided by GeoIP). This
user-defined location and visible wireless networks could be cached
locally for later geolocation requests from the same location (e.g. home
or work) or uploaded to MLS, tagged as "unreliable but better than
nothing" data.
I filed this bug to track the idea, though we don't have time or UX help
to implement it yet:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1049268
chris
On 8/4/14 3:04 AM, Gervase Markham wrote:
On 03/08/14 20:26, Felix Baumann wrote:
I'm unsure though whether this is even possible using GPS.
Probably not. But GPS is not the only way you can determine where you are.
Imagine this: a "stumbler" where you say "I'm at Cockfosters on the
Picadilly Line of the London underground, stationary." The app knows the
Picadilly Line, and the stations on it. It stumbles the wireless
environment as you go along. Each time you hit a station, you press a
"At Station" button (so it's not fooled by stops in between stations).
Then, next time someone travels that route, the phone can use the
recorded wireless data to tell you what station you are at, as long as
there is _some_ signal available. (E.g. London Underground how has wifi
on many station platforms.)
You don't need GPS.
Gerv
_______________________________________________
dev-geolocation mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-geolocation
