On July 10, 2009, Dave Johnson sent me the following: > Google has been recording location data of WiFi APs (no surpise > there), too bad the data isn't exported in a friendly way. From what > I can tell, anywhere that has been Street View'ed has also had all > WiFi AP's recorded as the car passed by taking pictures. > > This was rather obvious when using the iPhone 2G (no GPS). It would > contact some server via HTTPS and (presumibily) send nearby WiFi AP > data in an attempt to get a more precise location.
I think the technology you're referring to is from Skyhook Wireless. http://www.skyhookwireless.com/ -- Chip Marshall <c...@2bithacker.net> http://weblog.2bithacker.net/ KB1QYW PGP key ID 43C4819E v4sw5PUhw4/5ln5pr5FOPck4ma4u6FLOw5Xm5l5Ui2e4t4/5ARWb7HKOen6a2Xs5IMr2g6CM
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