154b161@lemmy.ml to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoGeolocation without a GPScodeberg.orgexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down11file-text
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minus-square154b161@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·15 hours agoyou don’t need google services, as this app proves.
minus-squarePointlessLifePersonified@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·14 hours agoJust so long as BeaconDB can keep its data relatively up-to-date (which requires many users contributing via running another FOSS app in the background on their phones), never mind trusting them any more than Google.
minus-square154b161@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·48 minutes agoI tried it in my city, geolocation accuracy is really good. MicroG also uses BeaconDB, so they collect a lot of data.
you don’t need google services, as this app proves.
Just so long as BeaconDB can keep its data relatively up-to-date (which requires many users contributing via running another FOSS app in the background on their phones), never mind trusting them any more than Google.
I tried it in my city, geolocation accuracy is really good. MicroG also uses BeaconDB, so they collect a lot of data.