https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=461545
Bug ID: 461545
Summary: Use KDEConnect as NMEA source and to contribute to MLS
Classification: Applications
Product: kdeconnect
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: common
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
Mozilla Location Service is an open geolocation service based on publicly
observable cell sites and Wi-Fi access points. Its proprietary counterpart is
GLS (Google Location Service).
It is quite widely used and (up until recently) worked well thanks to people
contributing to the service thanks to Mozilla's applications: Mozilla
Stumbler[1] and Firefox Mobile (Fennec version). However, since Mozilla
Stumbler was retired [2] and Firefox Mobile was updated to Fenix [3] there is
no easy way for everyday users to contribute to MLS. Indeed, ~1.5 years later
we are starting to see bad reports from MLS [4].
I thus think that integrating into KDEConnect the option to use the phone as a
source of NMEA sentences may allow to:
1. get a better location of the connected PCs, to be used for application
requiring a ~good precision
2. have a trusted and open platform, better than alternatives that are
proprietary, abandoned and badly integrated with Linux systems [5]
3. contribute, if the user wants, to Mozilla Location Service. The
contribution could be done/enabled either from the phone or from the connected
PC
Sources:
[1]: https://github.com/mozilla/MozStumbler
[2]: https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/retiring-mozilla-stumbler/75206
[3]: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/1253
[4]: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/geoclue/geoclue/-/issues/166
[5]: https://jillybunch.com/sharegps/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jillybunch.shareGPS
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