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Originally Posted by Jaffa View Post
But if you can see "linksys", "default" and "johns house" - and their associated MAC addresses by passively checking the APs in range, you can send that data over an active connection and get your location:

http://www.maemopeople.org/index.php..._triangulation

It's how, for example, the iPhone and iPod Touch - both without GPS - do their location-based services.
Ah, I get it now.

I wonder how long it took Skyhook Wireless to drive all over the place and build their database, that's crazy

Hopefully they keep it up to date!