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1. unreliable + imprecise 2. requires periodic map updates 3. when you actually need it, Murphy guarantees visibility to zero APs
by Piskvorrr 7y ago
1. unreliable + imprecise
2. requires periodic map updates
3. when you actually need it, Murphy guarantees visibility to zero APs
- Fnoord 7y agoOSM and Mozilla both allow to contribute easily to such databases.
- Piskvorrr 7y agoThat's orthogonal to the issue. GNSS gives you a fix anywhere; wireless triangulation gives you a guess in some populated areas (note all the three qualifiers). Moreover, GNSS gives you a 4D fix: [X,Y,Z,t]; triangulation gives you 2D at best: [~X, ~Y]. Worse, easy contribution to a database is still way off from ease-of-use: now the database needs to get to the end devices, which brings in a whole tangled ball of dependencies. Also, last I checked, OSM doesn't deal in wireless maps.