Severity: wishlist package: wnpp URL: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/GeoClue
GeoClue - The Geoinformation Service Geoclue is a modular geoinformation service built on top of the D-Bus messaging system. The goal of the Geoclue project is to make creating location-aware applications as simple as possible. Geoclue is developed for Linux, but should be portable to any platform that uses D-Bus. Geoclue defines a set of geoinformation APIs, but it also includes some providers that implement those APIs. Here is a list of services provided through Geoclue with the currently included implementations: a) Position gpsd, gypsy, hostip, plazes, gsmloc b) Address hostip, plazes, manual, localnet c) Velocity gpsd, gypsy d) Geocode geonames, yahoo e) ReverseGeocode geonames Geoclue source code contains: * D-Bus definitions for the above APIs * C bindings for Geoclue clients * C bindings for data providers * a set of provider implementations * (experimental) master provider implementation. Possible data sources * Google Maps Geocoding API -- License says "only for showing places on Google Maps" * Wigle.net-- WIFI location database (10 million networks). License requires users to login. * geocoder.us -- geocoder for the USA (TIGER data) * gsmloc-provider could easily get the GSM information using AT commands on the OpenMoko platform * We really should have a free network location database (like gsmloc.org, but for WLAN, GSM, BT, ethernet gateway, .. o What about opencellid? License: Geoclue is Free Software, licensed under GNU LGPL. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]