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
