WiGLE: Wireless Network Mapping

by dp-hackernewson 9/24/2025, 12:10 PMwith 19 comments

by skowalakon 9/24/2025, 3:53 PM

A similar project that also tracks cell towers and bluetooth beacons in addition to WiFi is https://beacondb.net . Since Mozilla Location Services shut down they have been a good alternative for geolocation and they are public domain. Unfortunately, data dumps are currently not available, though.

by Havocon 9/24/2025, 11:01 PM

Looking at areas I'm familiar with this is picking up a ton of non-fixed APs - in fact more mobile than fixed. Guessing that's cellphones with tethering on?

by move-on-byon 9/24/2025, 3:45 PM

If you want to be excluded from this - as well as from: Google, Microsoft, Apple lists- you have to add ‘_nomap’ to the end of your wifi name.

by jjkaczoron 9/24/2025, 1:59 PM

Man - I loved this "back-in-the-day", uh... 23-years ago...

by nunobritoon 9/24/2025, 2:29 PM

Thank you for sharing. Didn't knew it.