Bootstrapping a location service through geocoded postal addresses

Gayathri Chandrasekaran, Mesut Ali Ergin, Marco Gruteser, Richard P. Martin

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Abstract

We analyze the feasibility of boostrapping a location service through geocoded postal addresses rather than the common wardriving technique. A location service that contains the MAC addresses and geographic position of wireless LAN access points enables positioning services for WLAN devices and location-aware networking protocols. This work thus compares the accuracy of access point position estimates obtained based on RF signal strengths readings (wardriving) with the accuracy of the geocoded postal address. The results show similar accuracy for geocoding in comparison to typical wardriving studies, with significantly reduced effort if postal addresses of access point positions are known.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationLocation- and Context-Awareness - Third International Symposium, LoCA 2007, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages1-16
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9783540751595
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event3rd International Symposium on Location- and Context-Awareness, LoCA 2007 - Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Duration: Sep 20 2007Sep 21 2007

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4718 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

Other3rd International Symposium on Location- and Context-Awareness, LoCA 2007
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityOberpfaffenhofen
Period9/20/079/21/07

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

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