samy's script and the other one gave me same results, but not accurate almost 10 km away.
On Apr 26, 2011, at 9:25 AM, Jim Halfpenny wrote: > I was using samy's script. I suspect that the result bears more > relation to where my cable modem equipment terminates than the > location of the wifi devices. Ask me if you want any more testing > done. > > Jim > > On Monday, 25 April 2011, Adrian Crenshaw <[email protected]> wrote: >> Jim, do you get the same results with both the script and Samy's page? >> Thanks, >> >> Adrian >> >> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 4:20 AM, Jim Halfpenny <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I got exactly the same behaviour with my non-android phone and home >> router, a location bang in the centre of a nearby town. Perhaps google >> have lowered the resolution of the service in the uk? >> >> Jim >> >> On Sunday, 24 April 2011, Robin Wood <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 24 April 2011 18:50, Adrian Crenshaw <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> The topic of Android phones reporting the access points they see back to >>>> Google interests me. I had been talking to Kevin Johnson about it just last >>>> week. Today I heard about Samy's project from ISD: >>>> >>>> http://samy.pl/androidmap >>>> >>>> But awhile back at Hack3con, DaKahuna showed me this script: >>>> >>>> >>>> #!/bin/bash >>>> if [ $# != 1 ]; then >>>> echo "# Google Gears WiFi Geolocation API query, by ShadowHatesYou" >>>> echo "# [email protected]" >>>> >>>> echo "#" >>>> echo "# Use: $0 MAC " >>>> echo "# $0 00-C0-26-A9-42-F7" >>>> echo "#" >>>> exit; >>>> fi; >>>> >>>> curl http://www.google.com/loc/json -H "Pragma: no-cache" -H >>>> "Cache-control: >>>> no-cache" -d "{ \"version\": \"1.1.0\", \"host\": \"maps.google.com\", >>>> \"request_address\": true, \"address_language\": \"en_GB\", >>>> \"wifi_towers\": >>>> [ { \"mac_address\": \"$1\", \"signal_strength\": 8, \"age\": 0 } ] }" >>>> >>>> It apparently ties a MAC address to a geo-location. When he put in the MAC >>>> address for my class router, he was able to find it's location when I had >>>> it >>>> on down in Atlanta (I doubt a Google streets car just happened to be going >>>> by at that time). Unfortunatly, I'd sometimes get bad results from the >>>> script above (it would use my current IP instead of the MAC I gave it to do >>>> the geo location), maybe Samy's stuff will work better. >>>> >>>> Geo locating the router is not such a big deal I suppose, but DaKahuna also >>>> said he was able to pic up the location of an Android phone if he knew it's >>>> MAC address. Anyone care to test this for me? Might be interesting if you >>>> could track someones location only be seeing their MAC address once. All >>>> I've been able to replicate is the location of a router MAC. >>> >>> I just tried this script with my MBP, my wifes phone and my own phone. >>> All three come down to the same lat/long which is the other side of >>> the city to where I am but at least gets the city right. >>> >>> Robin >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pauldotcom mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >>> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "isdpodcast" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/isdpodcast?hl=en. >> >> >> >> -- >> "The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit." ~ W. Somerset >> Maugham >> > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
