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| author | Teemu Ikonen <tpikonen@mailbox.org> | 2024-08-05 18:15:54 +0300 |
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| committer | Teemu Ikonen <tpikonen@mailbox.org> | 2024-09-01 07:58:31 +0000 |
| commit | 63455a397703ea393e9dd2aec9ac3741e465f045 (patch) | |
| tree | eb3fab349eda72007e76f61c5c680cc3386a6a2e | |
| parent | 6ec21c1e9e6b82ae0ea629ccc0acdd5c088e487b (diff) | |
README: List potential MLS replacements
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@@ -17,8 +17,14 @@ Geoclue comprises the following functionalities : WiFi and cell tower-based geolocation used to use [Mozilla Location Service](https://wiki.mozilla.org/CloudServices/Location), which closed on June 12th, 2024. Geoclue currently does not enable WiFi location -by default, but various commercial services offering a similar location API -exist. +by default. Some potential replacements for MLS are: +- [Positon](https://positon.xyz/). *Free-of-charge, network-based location +service for the open-source software community.* Uses data from a commercial +location service, requires API keys. +- [BeaconDB](https://beacondb.net/). *Public domain wireless geolocation +database.* Crowd-sourced WiFi, Bluetooth and cell tower database. +- [OLS](https://codeberg.org/tpikonen/ols). *Offline Location Service.* +Local-data on-device server, mostly useful for devices with GPS. For using phone GPS, you can install the latest version of [GeoclueShare app](https://github.com/ankitstarski/GeoclueShare/releases) |