Hippo 🍉<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@beacondb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>beacondb</span></a></span>, a wireless positioning database and alternative to the now-defunct <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MozillaLocationServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MozillaLocationServices</span></a> 🛰️</p><p><a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/BeaconDB/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">nlnet.nl/project/BeaconDB/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Even without a direct satellite connection, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a> lets your device figure out its position by triangulating from known networks like WiFi hotspots and cellphone towers 📶</p><p>🧵 5/n</p>
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Jan Vlug<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kop316" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kop316</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coletivos.org/@maryjane" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>maryjane</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoclueStumbler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeoclueStumbler</span></a> is awesome! I used to carry an Android device to collect antennas for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a>. But soon I will not need to do that any more. Another step towards being fully on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MobileLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MobileLinux</span></a> with my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Librem5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Librem5</span></a>.</p><p>Btw <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a> is also great! My laptop for example usually know pretty precise its locations.</p>
Marcos Dione<p><a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OpenTracks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTracks</span></a> for recording <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hiking</span></a> and <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/biking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biking</span></a> tracks. I'm slowly uploading some tracks for sharing via my <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/NextCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NextCloud</span></a> <br><a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Baba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Baba</span></a> for taking and uploading GPS'd pics (disabled on main camera app), but also testing <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Panoramax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Panoramax</span></a>'s<br>MyGeo for sharing location (yes, because it includes gmaps links; geo: support is terrible).<br>2 night sky apps, they're great! <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/stellarium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stellarium</span></a> <br>NeoStumbler for adding wifi and 4G towers to <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a>.<br>SatStat for quickly checking something about GPS.</p><p>/end</p><p><a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a></p>
Jan Vlug<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coletivos.org/@maryjane" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>maryjane</span></a></span> Nice. Are you also collecting for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a>?</p>
Elias Probst<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@JasnaPaka" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JasnaPaka</span></a></span> contributing to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a> nowadays feels like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> in the early days, where one would fill the gaps bit by bit, trying to complete the bigger picture.</p><p>Would love to see a data collection service becoming a default option (opt-in) as a background service in one (or more) of the Android ROMs, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@postmarketOS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>postmarketOS</span></a></span> etc to increase the user-base far more, than just those that explicitly install and run <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NeoStumbler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeoStumbler</span></a> etc</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@beacondb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>beacondb</span></a></span></p>
Jan Vlug<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/@zwarf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>zwarf</span></a></span> Found it:</p><p><a href="https://gitlab.com/kop316/geoclue-stumbler" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gitlab.com/kop316/geoclue-stum</span><span class="invisible">bler</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoclueStumbler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeoclueStumbler</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beaconDB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Librem5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Librem5</span></a></p>
Jan Vlug<p>Are you already collecting wireless information like wifi points and GSM antennas for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beaconDB</span></a>?</p><p>Building a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> independent database with such information is important for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a>.</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MobileLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MobileLinux</span></a> eco system already uses beaconDB for determining the position of devices when there is no <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPS</span></a>.</p><p>Learn here how you can contribute to this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crowdsourced" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crowdsourced</span></a> project:</p><p><a href="https://beacondb.net/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">beacondb.net/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitalautonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalautonomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WiFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WiFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/location" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>location</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/position" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>position</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@beacondb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>beacondb</span></a></span> </p><p>I agree that it's not a great solution, but it seems like the only thing we have at the moment. I use both in my SSID's. Yes, I know that my neighbors can see that I'd rather Google / Microsoft don't scan my SSID's, but I see that as a good thing and hopefully (according to their statements) it gets MS/Goog to skip my SSID's.</p><p>I wish there was a way I could give access to Beacon but not Google/Microsoft. Although I guess they can still use the Beacon DB, too as the license is more permissive than copyleft, right?</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alphabet</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Geolocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geolocation</span></a></p>
Henning<p><a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Vorstellungsrunde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vorstellungsrunde</span></a></p><p>Moin ich stell mich mal vor! Lebe seit nem Jahr in <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Berlin</span></a>, mache <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Foodsharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Foodsharing</span></a>, bin ein kleines bisschen Nerd (<a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>, <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/GrapheneOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrapheneOS</span></a>, <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a>, <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a>) und versuche mein Wissen weiterzugeben :)</p><p>Seit einigen Jahren <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Vegan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vegan</span></a>, für meine Gesundheit, die Tiere und die Gesundheit des Planeten!</p><p>Fahre nur <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Fahrrad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fahrrad</span></a> trotz Führerschein, bin Klimaaktivist und hab Lust auf <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Natur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Natur</span></a> und Menschlichkeit anstatt Egoismus und Konsum.</p><p><a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Vorstellung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vorstellung</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/AboutMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AboutMe</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/NeuHier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeuHier</span></a></p>
boredsquirrel<p>Any <a href="https://tux.social/tags/DataScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataScience</span></a> people here?</p><p>I have a huge <a href="https://tux.social/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a> dataset here, recorded with <a href="https://tux.social/tags/NeoStumbler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeoStumbler</span></a>.</p><p>I would like to play around with it a bit, display densities of radio devices on a map.</p><p>I know <a href="https://tux.social/tags/QGis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QGis</span></a>, is it reasonably easy to import a CSV file there, assign the coordinates to some columns etc?</p><p>Alternatively I know a bit of <a href="https://tux.social/tags/R" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>R</span></a>, but <a href="https://tux.social/tags/RStudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RStudio</span></a> is <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Electron</span></a> now, so that could get a hassle XD</p><p>Btw, there is a <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fedora</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/COPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COPR</span></a> for R-Cran packages, how is the situation on <a href="https://tux.social/tags/NixOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NixOS</span></a>?</p>
tomatic<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GrapheneOS</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@kuketzblog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kuketzblog</span></a></span> <br>Why don't you use <a href="https://augsburg.social/tags/beacondb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beacondb</span></a> ?</p>
Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@beacondb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>beacondb</span></a></span> </p><p>On a side note, do you respect, or at least plan to respect _optout / _nomap? Ie removing people's SSID entries if they contain either _optout or _nomap.</p><p>It would be good to clarify the various potential privacy issues on BeaconDB.net</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/MLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MLS</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Geolocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geolocation</span></a></p>
Atemu<p>TIL <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@beacondb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>beacondb</span></a></span> uses <a href="https://darmstadt.social/tags/NixOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NixOS</span></a> to host their service:</p><p><a href="https://codeberg.org/beacondb/infra" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">codeberg.org/beacondb/infra</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://darmstadt.social/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a></p>
Jan Vlug<p>Update on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fedora</span></a>: </p><p>Title : geoclue2-2.7.2-2.fc41<br>Description : Update to 2.7.2 + backports and enable BeaconDB by default</p><p>🚀 🌐 </p><p>This means that Fedora <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> will now by default use the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@beacondb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>beacondb</span></a></span> geolocation services.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geoclue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geoclue</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beaconDB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geolocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geolocation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a></p>
Jan Vlug<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://osna.social/@razze" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>razze</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@beacondb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>beacondb</span></a></span> </p><p>For that part look at the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beaconDB</span></a> website:</p><p><a href="https://beacondb.net/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">beacondb.net/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Basically:<br>On Android, use: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neostumbler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neostumbler</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/towercollector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>towercollector</span></a>.</p><p>For <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MobileLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MobileLinux</span></a> you could try geoclue-stumbler: <a href="https://gitlab.com/kop316/geoclue-stumbler" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gitlab.com/kop316/geoclue-stum</span><span class="invisible">bler</span></a></p>
Jan Vlug<p>Read this very interesting blog about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/location" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>location</span></a> services in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fedora</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>. It also explains how to set up <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geoclue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geoclue</span></a> to use the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@beacondb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>beacondb</span></a></span> services.</p><p>I already did that previously, and my Fedora laptop can find its location pretty precise without having a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPS</span></a> device.</p><p>Of course I collected a lot of measurements and uploaded them to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beaconDB</span></a> to make this possible.</p><p><a href="https://fedoramagazine.org/the-state-of-the-location-permission-on-fedora-linux-in-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedoramagazine.org/the-state-o</span><span class="invisible">f-the-location-permission-on-fedora-linux-in-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geolocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geolocation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MLS</span></a></p>
Benedikt Wi<p>Ein Vorteil von <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/neostumbler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neostumbler</span></a> zum Datensammeln für <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/beacondb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beacondb</span></a>: Wenn dein Zug über irgendwelche Nebenstrecken umgeleitet wird, kommst du zwar immer noch zu spät an, aber du kannst dich freuen die Karte etwas weiter zu vervollständigen :)</p>
Jan Vlug<p>Less than eight months ago <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@beacondb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>beacondb</span></a></span> started their repository.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beaconDB</span></a> is a public domain wireless <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geolocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geolocation</span></a> database. It was started because Mozilla stopped their location services.</p><p>In the months since the beginning the community collected more than:</p><p>18,944,124 networks<br>610,632 beacons<br>992,115 towers<br>in 151 countries</p><p>This shows the power of a collaborative <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a>.</p><p>Are you already contributing? See the website how you can do this:</p><p><a href="https://beacondb.net" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">beacondb.net</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a></p>
Jan Vlug<p>There is actually a website dedicated to GPS jamming:</p><p><a href="https://gpsjam.org/?lat=48.16150&lon=45.60653&z=6.3&date=2024-12-28" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gpsjam.org/?lat=48.16150&lon=4</span><span class="invisible">5.60653&z=6.3&date=2024-12-28</span></a></p><p>This confirms that the artifacts are probably a result of GPS jamming.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gpsjam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gpsjam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jamming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jamming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beacondb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beacondb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gnss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gnss</span></a></p>
Jan Vlug<p>I'm wondering why there is such a particular pattern in the location / wireless measurements in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Volgograd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Volgograd</span></a> (and also in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kazan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kazan</span></a>). I noticed this on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beaconDB</span></a> map:</p><p><a href="https://beacondb.net/map/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">beacondb.net/map/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Maybe it has to do with GPS jamming?</p><p><a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%2Bvolgograd+gsm+jamming&t=ffab&atb=v320-1&ia=web" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">duckduckgo.com/?q=%2Bvolgograd</span><span class="invisible">+gsm+jamming&t=ffab&atb=v320-1&ia=web</span></a></p>
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