Ah right, I had overlooked that, never having seen the word "lorawan" before. I honestly have no idea how widespread LoRaWAN is, but I would be very surprised

Ah right, I had overlooked that, never having seen the word "lorawan" before. I honestly have no idea how widespread LoRaWAN is, but I would be very surprised if it came anywhere close to the coverage you can achieve using Apple users carrying your uplinks around unwittingly. (Especially if you are attempting to track an Apple user.)