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I have a couple of portable nodes (GL-AR750). I'd like to be able to update their location as automatically as possible.
Describe the solution you'd like
Scan for nearby WiFi access points and submit them to a free, public geolocation service to get an approximate location (https://beacondb.net/).
This will only work if:
- the node has access to the internet
- the node has an additional radio not used for AREDN that we can use to scan
- Other wifi APs are actually nearby to scan
- The geolocation service is online
- The geolocation service has mapping data for the current area
The beacondb service will fall back to public IP geolocation, with a city-sized area of precision
Describe alternatives you've considered
- Adding a USB (or I2C) GPS puck
- requires extra hardware purchase
- requires view of the sky
- Using browser-based geolocation
- requires connecting a browser to the node
- requires that the device with a browser can successfully complete geolocation via a similar service
Additional context
This is just an idea to provide a supplemental service to geolocate a node. I don't intend to replace anything; just to make something new available.
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