Provide network-based location

[YZRW]

Description

Provide network-based location using data stored locally on the device or online.

Thanks.

Suggested implementation

One way to provide location to other apps is to use Select mock location app in Developer options.

Additional information

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/location/LocationManager#NETWORK_PROVIDER

An example is AltLocationServices. But it can only use online data. Using data stored locally on the device has privacy benefits and can be used when network connections are unstable and/or expensive.

Other examples are GrapheneOS/platform_packages_apps_NetworkLocation and Local NLP Backend. They use data stored locally on the device.

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[mjaakko]

I like the idea, this would definitely be an interesting use case. But I feel that this could be a little out of scope for NeoStumbler. This would require having a mechanism to estimate a location for each device in the database and then calculating an estimated location based on currently observed data.

As an alternative, maybe NeoStumbler could allow other apps to access its raw data? That would also support other use cases, such as custom maps and statistics

[YZRW]

Thanks for your reply.

As an alternative, maybe NeoStumbler could allow other apps to access its raw data? That would also support other use cases, such as custom maps and statistics

This sounds great.