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Number of data sets: 4973825
Via opt-out removed data sets: 377

OpenWLANMap@Android - collect data automatically

Similar to SETI@home now there exists a possibility to support the OpenWLANMap project easily and fully automatically. To do that nothing more has to be done than to install a small App on your own smartphone or tablet. Once it was executed it runs in background and collects data that are useful for extending the projects database and uploads them from time to time. The user itself is credited by points that can be used to show its ranking comparing to other uses that do the same.

But how's that working in detail? The steps you have to do are quite simple:
  1. download our special Android-App here or in Google Playstore and install it on an Android smarthpone or tablet (also available as minimalistic variant)
  2. start this app; in case you don't have a cheap flatrate for mobile data transfers set the option "Don't access network..." to avoid expensive internet connection attempts via mobile/cellphone network
  3. send this App to the background by pressing the Home-button
  4. take your device with you like you're doing that always
Now all required data (consisting of available WLAN networks and your current geographic position) are collected anonymously and sent to the project from time to time. In case you do not allow automatic network access you should upload the data manually after some time: as soon as you are back home and can access your private WLAN, select the menu item "Upload data" to connect the App with the Internet and the projects database. Then you only have to wait a short time until your rank and score is updated.

You will get one to five points for every WLAN network that is new for the database or for every existing WLAN that has changed its position nameably so that it has to be added to the database again. The exact number of points depends on the measurement quality of that network. WLAN network positions that are already stored in database are used to increase accuracy.

How it works: this App uses GPS to find your current geographic position. In case there is no signal available (may be because you are inside a building or because you currently don't have a GPS fix), OpenWLANMap is used to evaluate your position. This second method of positioning is not available in case network access is not allowed since it requires an Internet connection. That means in this case it might be possible you collect less WLAN-points because you depend on the GPS-based positioning.
The OpenWLANMap@Android-App itself works as ressource-saving as possible. So it wakes up after some seconds to collect the required data for a very short time and to fall asleep fore some more seconds afterwards. During these long times of hibernation nearly no compunting power and therefor nearly no additional battery capacity is used.

As an additional bonus this App offers the possibility to auto-connect to open Freifunk-WLAN networks that are available to the public. As soon as this happened all data are transferred via this network, so this function acts as some kind of automatic internet connection which does not cost you any fees for the data transfer. This option can be enabled within the preferences.
ATTENTION: this function should be enabled only in case your device is secured so that no private data are sent unencrypted! There is the possibility somebody created such an open WLAN as some kind of trap to attack your device or to grab your personal data. But if you protect your device, this function is a nice possibility to have automatic access to public networks and to the internet.

Top list of users active during last 40 days (click here for list of teams):
RankPoints on last uploadTagRankPoints on last uploadTag
1.154497Oxy 2.150841Frider
3.115590trackit 4.101343Doc
5.98711wolruf 6.9251642
7.82424aNeutrino 8.73574Toi
9.66946VM 10.63192JakJedziesz.pl
11.59073heimchen 12.52246Tuberius
13.49670 14.48695javitronz@
15.47785Hind 16.44863yacy.net
17.44315 18.41990
19.40391ravel 20.35512makaho
21.35202geo4all 22.32250
23.30889Filmon 24.29417
25.28675 26.28456amhdk
27.26943www.vanheusden.com 28.26159Vivo75
29.24571wildMan 30.24528
31.23283mano 32.22818Chaosummi
33.22633 34.22366Bera
35.22178 36.21660
37.21231 38.20892devode.se
39.20191Ajislav 40.19818Slip_through_the_eth
41.19188Micha 42.18934
43.18372PanicRide 44.17838bobbymn
45.17719gmasterflash 46.17157
47.17107JMC 48.17062Clan
49.16527Tasman 50.16523Red_Hill_and_Evil_Wa
51.16363www.piratenpartei.de 52.16220freak3289
53.15576Schnuff 54.15479
55.15466ravel 56.15364Red_Hill_and_Evil_Wa
57.15106Otter 58.14915
59.14914 60.14808Knot
61.14706 62.14324FIBER0PTIC
63.13604 64.12778DJ
65.12709 66.12664
67.12013werikdk 68.11955nacky
69.11886MM 70.11878buckelradler
71.11557kevinquiatkowski.de 72.11477Flyinglow.ca
73.11185Kaiser 74.11000Komzpa
75.10194Bionictrip 76.9991
77.9779 78.9564PriNT2357
79.9505 80.8988v.v
81.8571lesley 82.8320MIGIMEDIA
83.8173 84.8138
85.7989priusfreund 86.7955ktsadmin
87.7532 88.7502
89.7401 90.7390Zygorf
91.7038beebop 92.7022Red_Hill_and_Evil_Wa
93.6957Dieter 94.6925jg6714
95.6888 96.6846
97.6822 98.6634ssifuenote
99.6590danne 100.6399
101.6393 102.6239FreierRadikaler
103.6204Mrbarletta 104.6152Sambill.de
105.6113vees 106.6030W4RIS
107.6024BortaS 108.5980
109.5976cirka 110.5888
111.5885 112.5729Lars
113.5700 114.5662hosgar
115.5508ais 116.5464
117.5309lesley 118.5146Ъэккало
119.5066Jolting 120.5043sanloublues
121.4989fbaonthego 122.4765clockfort
123.4367 124.4248mawa
125.4094 126.3893
127.3878Müsli 128.3829OiledAmoeba
129.3819 130.3769
131.3744 132.3638
133.3473derschenk 134.3368
135.3172 136.3123
137.3100 138.3051jk
139.2927 140.2917kevinquiatkowski.de
141.2880CastleBravo 142.2785
143.2702 144.2650hhm
145.2522 146.2500
147.2431 148.2401
149.2316 150.2231
151.2036 152.1944
153.1943DASKAjA 154.1907Boregard
155.1883 156.1864n4ab10
157.1862 158.1860
159.1766 160.1582taur.dk
161.1524 162.1491
163.1487www.piratenpartei.de 164.1443mustermannxx
165.1385Gwendal 166.1334
167.1260trackmattes 168.1150freeExec
169.1090 170.881
171.848 172.841
173.783 174.701
175.637 176.568
177.566 178.545
179.530unz3r00 180.521@vinzv
181.498smash_jl 182.469
183.448 184.385
185.371 186.350
187.345 188.331
189.318 190.273
191.236 192.231Boulnoir
193.211 194.182
195.151 196.148hhm
197.120Webguy99 198.102
199.89 200.73
201.24carpe


Privacy: This App requires the following privileges:
  • Own Location - exact GPS location for evaluating current position
  • Network communication - unlimited Internet access to send data, to download the current map and - in case this option is enabled - to evaluate the position by using OpenWLANMap in case GPS is not available (for an example inside of buildings)
  • System-Tools - deactivate Stand-By-mode so that tablets don't fall asleep and stop scanning; change WLAN state to stay at least in scan mode and to search for existing WLANs while consuming as less power as possible; start after bootup automatically - in case this option is enabled within the preferences
  • Change contents of SD-card - to save own overview map and to cache map tile data
This App evaluates and stores exact position information. This position is evaluted either via GPS anonymously or by using the OpenWLANMap project. During position evaluation no data are submitted which would give the possibility to identify a user in any way. The position information are stored in a way that gives not the possibility to create motion profiles for a user. But because of the nature and structure of the created data it would be possible to generate whereabout-profiles for a user. But these profiles could not contain any personal data nor exact information about the time somebody was at a specific position. An assignment to a specific user of this App is done only to let that user take part at the contest and for a listing within the ranking (the top list). Users of this App are stored anonymously and by using a continuous number only, there is no possibility for the OpenWLANMap project to have a namably known user just based on the data that are collected by this App.
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