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Wi-Fi positioning system (WPS, WiPS or WFPS) is a geolocation system that uses the characteristics of nearby Wi‑Fi access points to discover where a device is located. [1]It is used where satellite navigation such as GPS is inadequate due to various causes including multipath and signal blockage indoors, or where acquiring a satellite fix would take too long. [2]
Delhi - free Wi-Fi service in Delhi's Khan Market (August 2014), [21] free WiFi service in Delhi's Connaught Place (November 2014), [22] free Wi-Fi service at New Delhi Railway Station (December 2014) [23] Greater Noida — paid, operated by Maksat Technologies (P) Ltd. [citation needed] Kolkata, India - free 4G service by Reliance Jio ...
A near-me area network is a logical grouping of communication devices that are in close physical proximity to each other, but not necessarily connected to the same communication network infrastructure. Thus, two smartphones connected via different mobile carriers may form a near-me area network.
Skyhook was founded in 2003 by Ted Morgan and Michael Shean. [1] Skyhook's database was initially gathered through wardriving, [2] when the company sent teams of drivers around the United States, Canada, Western Europe, and selected Asian countries to map out Wi-Fi hotspots.
WiGLE (Wireless Geographic Logging Engine) is a website for collecting information about the different wireless hotspots around the world. Users can register on the website and upload hotspot data like GPS coordinates, SSID, MAC address and the encryption type used on the hotspots discovered.
An indoor location tracking map on a mobile phone An indoor positioning system ( IPS ) is a network of devices used to locate people or objects where GPS and other satellite technologies lack precision or fail entirely, such as inside multistory buildings, airports, alleys, parking garages, and underground locations.
Wireless icon. A wireless network is a computer network that uses wireless data connections between network nodes. [1] Wireless networking allows homes, telecommunications networks, and business installations to avoid the costly process of introducing cables into a building, or as a connection between various equipment locations. [2]
A map of Seattle's Wi-Fi nodes, generated from information logged by wardriving students in 2004 A map of Wi-Fi nodes in the United States and parts of Canada tracked by the WiGLE project. Wardrivers use a Wi-Fi-equipped device together with a GPS device to record the location of wireless networks.