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Kris
Kris

Reputation: 921

Location by IP address indoors

What methods does Google use to match IP addresses to approximate location inside a building using wifi or service-provider?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 1366

Answers (2)

Jav_Rock
Jav_Rock

Reputation: 22245

Also the method getLastKnownLocation(best) that provides the LocationManager can be used, as GPS won't work indoors. It is not accurate, but it will give a location of a big area.

Upvotes: 2

Vikram Bodicherla
Vikram Bodicherla

Reputation: 7123

The actual location identification method is abstracted away. Developers are to only concern themselves with the source.

The NETWORK_PROVIDER source uses the IP Address and Cellular triangulation to identify the user's location.

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/location/LocationManager.html#NETWORK_PROVIDER

Upvotes: 4

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