Re: [Int-area] GPS over wifi

[S Moonesamy <[e-mail]>]

Hi Warren,
At 01:10 PM 23-01-2020, Warren Kumari wrote:
>s/some work/lots of work/

Yes.

>The document talks about: "The Server, with the aforementioned outline
>code, knows the IP address of the WiFi hot spot." - this may come from
>a misunderstanding of how wireless networks are typically provided.
>When your device makes a connection to a server, the server sees an IP
>from a subnet which spans a large physical area (in the case of v6),
>or a NATed address which covers a subnet covering a large physical
>area (v4) -- the address (generally) isn't the address of the access
>point you connect to -- in order to improve the user experience (and
>make the network work better / easier to manage, etc) wireless
>networks try to let you keep the same address for as long as possible
>(see WiFi roaming, etc)

Thanks for elaborating on the above point.

>So, if this were to move forward, it would need a lot more work (and
>research into what already exists), and figure out if / how the
>granularity and privacy concerns can be addressed.
>I'm really not trying to dissuade you from this, but it will require a
>lot more fleshing out / and understanding of what already exists...

There is, for example, location information services.  A search on 
that should turn up a few RFCs as a starting point.

Regards,
S. Moonesamy