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Is there a way of obtaining the longitude and latitude of Wi-Fi access points for triangulation purposes


I'm trying to obtain the longitude and latitude positions of existing access points within an indoor environment using Java (Eclipse). I understand that these are needed to complete the triangulation method. I have spoken to the IT team and they're unable to provide me with these readings. However I'm wondering if there's another way to do this?


Solution

  • You will need to work with signal strength. You cannot determine lat. & long. with wifi. It appears that a few iPhone apps leverage triangulation of wifi.

    But for outdoor triangulation , the default is GPS.

    See this question - Wifi Triangulation

    Specifically this answer