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The author doesn't seem to have an open source mobile app or anything that would allow them to source the data from devices themselves. I'm curious where the da
by dangoodmanUT 2y ago
The author doesn't seem to have an open source mobile app or anything that would allow them to source the data from devices themselves. I'm curious where the data was collected from, esp. if it was opt-in (at the collecting device)
- joelkoen 2y agoI haven't built any apps for contributing to beaconDB as of yet. The website links to NeoStumbler and TowerCollector, which are Android apps that can be used to collect this data.
- dangoodmanUT 2y agoThanks, based on the copy I thought it was recently opened to contribution, and the original dataset had come from somewhere else.
- dangoodmanUT 2y agoI am curious what would cause such a distributed user base to contribute to this though?
- joelkoen 2y agoDistributed referring to the community not yet recognising one specific software as "the go to"? Or distributed physically?
- dangoodmanUT 2y agoPhysically! Like how so many users from all over the place decided to contribute to this
- joelkoen 2y agoIt is rather surprising how many people have started contributing already. I believe that people want to support alternatives to big tech so they aren't completely reliant on these providers, and beaconDB is currently the only database not owned by big tech. Not 100% sure that answers your question :)
- dangoodmanUT 2y agoGotcha, I guess I was asking whether people specifically opted in to contributing to beaconDB, sounds like that's the case
- luuurker 2y ago> TowerCollector The developer might be open to add other services since MLS is being retired: https://github.com/zamojski/TowerCollector/issues/223 https://github.com/zamojski/TowerCollector/issues/223 Doesn't hurt to contact them/make suggestions on this issue.
- joelkoen 2y agoJust commented on that issue, thanks!