154b161@lemmy.ml to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agoGeolocation without a GPScodeberg.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down11file-text
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minus-square5gruel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·26 days agoITT people not understanding that non-de-googled android phones use that method for localization by default, falling back to GPS only when WiFi trilateration fails. It is a smart robust way for localization and beacondb breaks the data monopoly.
minus-square154b161@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoGoogle, Apple and Qualcomm already have all this data. BeaconDB democratizes it.
ITT people not understanding that non-de-googled android phones use that method for localization by default, falling back to GPS only when WiFi trilateration fails.
It is a smart robust way for localization and beacondb breaks the data monopoly.
Google, Apple and Qualcomm already have all this data. BeaconDB democratizes it.