beaconDB

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beaconDB - a public domain wireless geolocation database

• Website: beacondb.net
• Source code and issue tracker on Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/beacondb/beacondb
• Mastodon: @beacondb@mapstodon.space
• Matrix channel: #_oftc_#beacondb:matrix.org
  • bridged to #beacondb on irc.oftc.net

Joel Koen - the main developer and project leader: https://joel.net.au/
Definitely consider donating to support his great work: https://liberapay.com/joelkoen/

How to contribute:

• NeoStumbler (collects cellular towers, as well as Wi-Fi networks and Bluetooth beacons)
  • Download on F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/xyz.malkki.neostumbler.fdroid/
  • Source code on GitHub: https://github.com/mjaakko/NeoStumbler
• Tower Collector (only collects cellular towers)
  • Download on F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/info.zamojski.soft.towercollector/
  • Source code on GitHub: https://github.com/zamojski/TowerCollector

Other useful tools:

• Map: beacondb.net/map
• beacondb.derpingu.in
  • a constantly updated graph visualizing the contributions of Wi-Fi networks, cellular towers and Bluetooth beacons
  • powered by the open source beacondb-graph Python application
  • created by @pinguin@toot.teckids.org
• beacondb-csv
  • a Python tool that collects data from beacondb.net/stats.json and appends it to a CSV file
  • also created by @pinguin@toot.teckids.org

Feel free to reach out to me if anything is missing

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