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@JasnaPaka contributing to #BeaconDB nowadays feels like #OpenStreetMap in the early days, where one would fill the gaps bit by bit, trying to complete the bigger picture.
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, @postmarketOS etc to increase the user-base far more, than just those that explicitly install and run #NeoStumbler etc
Mittlerweile kann #NeoStumbler auch Daten passiv im Hintergrund sammeln.
Einfach aktivieren, GPS aktiv haben und z.B. #beaconDB mit Messwerten füttern 
J'ai envoyé 472 rapports avec #NeoStumbler, l'application #Android de collecte de données permettant d'utiliser les réseaux WiFi, bluetooth et antennes relais à proximité pour la #géolocalisation (plus rapide que #GPS / #Galileo) sans dépendre/alimenter #Google, disponible sur #Fdroid. #AltLocationServices, également sur F-droid, permet d'en profiter.
Seul au monde sur #neostumbler
Screenshot (17 mai 2025 19:34:41)
Instead of linkedin and fb, phones should be preinstalled with #Neostumbler and #StreetComplete
I'd gladly hear suggestions for similar apps to make the neighbourhood slightly more friendly each day
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@overflorian je ne me rappelle plus mais il me semble que sur #ironfox est déjà configuré pour recevoir les données de #beacondb.
Mais pour avoir de nouvelle donnée il faut quand même passer par #neostumbler ou alternative
Je complète un petit peu tout les jours #neostumbler #Mozilla #Location #Services
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@flan @beacondb I guess you could somehow convert it to the #Neostumbler Database format, import and upload.
A script to do that could then be made FOSS for everyone to use
Attention #BeaconDB contributors!
#Neostumbler 2.0.0 is out, bringing the option to exclude Wifis based on their name (SSID). This is important to exclude mobile hotspots and other moving wifis, that would mess up results.
Also it allows us to respect the "optout" and "nomap" SSIDs, used to prevent scanning.
BeaconDB has the "Common Network Index", copy the contents of these files into the field in NeoStumbler:
https://codeberg.org/beacondb/common-network-index/src/branch/main/data
126.800 uploads to #BeaconDB!
Just cracked 300.000 wifis, together with 5.100 cell towers (from end of october)
Now the small cities #Uelzen and #Wolfenbüttel are explored a bit! Help #DigitalSovereignty and #CyberResilience and contribute!
#NeoStumbler is on #Accrescent too, which is the most secure way to get the app.
Dont forget to donate, that stuff costs money!
Aujourd'hui j'ai cartographié avec #neostumbler un endroit inexploré de #Bruxelles qui est déjà bien couvert.
Any #DataScience people here?
I have a huge #BeaconDB dataset here, recorded with #NeoStumbler.
I would like to play around with it a bit, display densities of radio devices on a map.
I know #QGis, is it reasonably easy to import a CSV file there, assign the coordinates to some columns etc?
Alternatively I know a bit of #R, but #RStudio is #Electron now, so that could get a hassle XD
Btw, there is a #Fedora #COPR for R-Cran packages, how is the situation on #NixOS?
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#Neostumbler collects the data in the first place. While databases like #MLS (Backups), #OpenCellID and also Apples exist and are easily available, #BeaconDB only uses newly gathered data.
Neostumbler takes the real GPS location together with nearby Wifis, Cell Towers and Bluetooth beacons. These datasets get uploaded, and shortly after, clients like #geoclue or #microG that use BeaconDB, can find a location there.
Neostumbler shows an overlay map for existing data
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I have visited https://beacondb.net/, and the project looks nice. But could you explain in few words, here or somewhere else, what is the use of #Neostumbler app ?
It's really not clear for me.
Is it used for location in replacement of what is today used in my eOS phone ? Is it only for collecting data for #BeaconDB ?
Thanks.
beacondb.netbeaconDB
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Users can submit data via compatible apps. I'm using NeoStumbler that I installed from Accrescent Store but you can also find it at F-Droid. #neostumbler
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/xyz.malkki.neostumbler.fdroid/
f-droid.orgNeoStumbler | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App RepositoryApplication for collecting wireless networks to geolocation services
�� В принципе, андроид умудряется прогрызаться сквозь заглушенный GPS
Хреново, ненадёжно, с огромной погрешностью, но проблески бывают
Так что может имеет смысл гулять по центру с #NeoStumbler, хоть у него и будет ужасающе низкий КПД...
J'ai deja envoyé +3000 rapports pour #neostumbler, utilise pour #firefox https://beacondb.net/
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Here is a screenshot of a map between #Llandeilo and #Llandovery recording wifi and phone signal along the #tfw train line.