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cord frederic romberg replied on May 28, 2008 18:36 to the question "Added Mac address to database but still inacurate..." in Skyhook Wireless:

you would need to be able to drive around 5h/day, otherwise you can't drive every road in the assigned area. if you have the time to stay in a specific area and drive 5-10h/day for a couple of days you will be fine. but just driving through an area on the bigger surface streets won't do it.

the database needs to be as diverse as it can get to be precise. let's say your location. it would be good to actually scann 50-100m away from your house, in front, behind, to the right and to the left of it. then there;s a very good chance you collect enough wifi-routers to actually triangulated yuor position. if the database can only count on one wifi-routers mac address it can only place you in a radius of 200m within that area...

if your iphone sees let's say 5 wifi-routers that have 3 different geolocations in a 300m radius, the chance that it will get your loations within 10-20m of your actual location will be very high...

cord frederic romberg replied on May 28, 2008 18:17 to the question "Added Mac address to database but still inacurate..." in Skyhook Wireless:

so your in between eindhoven and utrecht. would be a good area to scan...

i would suggest you enter your info into skyhooks driver database with a date that you have time to scan... i think they're pretty flexible, when you don;t have time you just send the equipment back and when you have time again they will send it to you again...

if they get back to you you can still make the decision then, but if you don;t apply you won't have the opportunity...

cord frederic romberg replied on May 28, 2008 18:15 to the question "Added Mac address to database but still inacurate..." in Skyhook Wireless:

if you do it like this:

try to scan for all wifi-routers you can see in one location, not just one.

there's an application called APlogger for the iphone. you get the log file via SSH from the iphone after your done scanning. you can save different locations in one go.

then you enter the various wifi-router mac addresses in the skyhook mask later. the more frequent you scan, let's say every 50-100m, the more precise you can locate yourself.

A comment on the question "Added Mac address to database but still inacurate..." in Skyhook Wireless:

why not get paid for this? 5h/day isn't too bad;-) nevermind, jsut wanted to let you know that skyhook is looking for reliable drivers. – cord frederic romberg, on May 28, 2008 18:10

cord frederic romberg replied on May 28, 2008 18:09 to the question "Added Mac address to database but still inacurate..." in Skyhook Wireless:

right now only amsterdam (complete) and rotterdam (partly) have been scanned in the netherlands.

which area are you in?

skyhook coverage map screenshot for NL: http://img.skitch.com/20080528-gm2ghf...

cord frederic romberg replied on May 28, 2008 18:04 to the question "Added Mac address to database but still inacurate..." in Skyhook Wireless:

http://skyhookwireless.com/careers/dr... you can apply there, just chose a city near you....

cord frederic romberg replied on May 28, 2008 18:03 to the question "Added Mac address to database but still inacurate..." in Skyhook Wireless:

did you check if skyhook has scanned your area?

http://skyhookwireless.com/howitworks...

if not why not apply as a driver? if you have a vehicle and 30-35h/week for 1-2months time... they pay €18/h. but it's a demanding job! not easy to do, you need to drive EVERY street in your supplied area. EVERY road!!!

cord frederic romberg replied on May 28, 2008 18:01 to the question "Added Mac address to database but still inacurate..." in Skyhook Wireless:

that is a typical feedback when the iphone/google maps went into fallback, trying to access google cellphone tower data, and got a reply, but the data was empty. if you enter geocoordinates 0,0 0,0 you will end up just below nigeria!

cord frederic romberg replied on May 28, 2008 17:48 to the question "WPS and protected wifi networks" in Skyhook Wireless:

yes, the iphone only needs an open connection to the internet, EDGE or GPRS and the wifi-module needs to be active to be able to scan...

cord frederic romberg replied on May 28, 2008 17:48 to the question "Added Mac address to database but still inacurate..." in Skyhook Wireless:

sounds like your iphone sees other wifi-routers when your not super-precisely located @ your home... whenever the iphone scans it will do so every 5 seconds or so. once it sees another wifi-router than yours it will locate you in the middle of the 2, or closer to the one with the stronger signal.

if you know where the other wifi-routers in your neighborhood are located go to the skyhook page and enter their mac addresses and the exact location....

A comment on the question "why no safari mac solution?" in Loki:

i hope you guys will add a navigation like feature, with voice commands. if tomtom doesn't supply a navigation package for the iphone i hope you guys manage to do so...!!! – smokeonit, on May 22, 2008 19:28

smokeonit asked a question in Loki on May 22, 2008 18:54:

why no safari mac solution?

why no safari mac solution?

it would enable macs and iphones/ipod touches to use your service...!!!