Michal Strehovsky 4/22/2009

Geolocation over WiFi

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The article details the author's discovery of WiFi-based geolocation on a GPS-less iPod Touch. It explains the technical process where a company's vehicles map WiFi MAC addresses to GPS coordinates, allowing devices to send nearby access point data for triangulation and location pinpointing with ~100 meter accuracy.

Geolocation over WiFi

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