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==Summary==
==Objective==


The "Open Location" project is a pilot project to assess the impact Mozilla can have on the geo-location landscape, specifically to improve user privacy and enable innovation by creating a public data sets.
The Mozilla Location Service is an open service which lets devices determine their location based on network infrastructure like WiFi access points, cell towers and Bluetooth beacons. The service is available at https://location.services.mozilla.com


In order to do this assessment, we need to understand the technological challenges and get real data. Therefor the services team builds and operates a location service to provide geo-location lookup for devices, based on cell tower, wifi or IP address information.
==Contributing==


==Details==
There are various ways to contribute, please refer to https://location.services.mozilla.com/ for details.


* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Services/Location/Goals Goals]
==FAQ==
* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Services/Location/Privacy Privacy]


==Product Status and Future==
Every project has some [[CloudServices/Location/FAQ|frequently asked questions]].


{{:Services/Location/Roadmaps}}
==Goals==


==Meeting==
* Implement the [https://blog.mozilla.org/services/2019/09/03/a-new-policy-for-mozilla-location-service/ September 2019 Policy for MLS]
* Provide a highly accurate geolocation service for any device and in any country, based on publicly observable signal information (like Bluetooth, cell and WiFi networks or IP addresses).
* Improve the privacy aspects of the geolocation service compared to the current market offerings.
* Maintain the service without full-time development staff (2021 and later).


* '''Time''': Thursday at 10:00AM PDT / 13:00PM EDT / 6:00PM UTC.
== Links ==
* '''Place''': Vidyo room #geolocation


==Get Involved==
* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/CloudServices/Location/Software Software projects]
* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/CloudServices/Location/Links Relevant projects and literature]
* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/CloudServices/Location/DataSources Overview of existing data sources]
* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/CloudServices/Location/Leaderboard Old leaderboard] (switched 2016, "new" leaderboard retired around 2018)
* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/CloudServices/Location/Meetings Old meeting notes] (2013-2014)


===IRC===
=== Bug reporting ===
Join the '''#geo''' channel on [[IRC|Mozilla's IRC]] server (''irc.mozilla.org'').
* Most bugs specific to the [https://github.com/mozilla/MozStumbler Mozilla Stumbler application] ([https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/retiring-mozilla-stumbler/75206 retired February 2021]) and the [http://github.com/mozilla/ichnaea/ Ichnaea Service] should be reported in their respective GitHub issue trackers.
* Confidential and security bugs can be reported in the general Bugzilla tracker under the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=Location&component=General#General Location :: General] component (for legal, operations, or unknown category)


===Mailing List===
=== Communication ===


You can subscribe to the mailing list at https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-geolocation
* Discussions: https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/location/506
 
* Chat room: https://chat.mozilla.org/#/room/#location:mozilla.org
===Report Bugs===
 
Bugs should be reported in the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=Mozilla%20Services&component=Location Mozilla Services :: Location] component of Bugzilla.
 
===Source Code and Development===
 
Source code for the service can be found at https://github.com/mozilla/ichnaea
 
Developer documentation is hosted at https://mozilla-ichnaea.readthedocs.org/

Latest revision as of 16:06, 13 January 2022

Objective

The Mozilla Location Service is an open service which lets devices determine their location based on network infrastructure like WiFi access points, cell towers and Bluetooth beacons. The service is available at https://location.services.mozilla.com

Contributing

There are various ways to contribute, please refer to https://location.services.mozilla.com/ for details.

FAQ

Every project has some frequently asked questions.

Goals

  • Implement the September 2019 Policy for MLS
  • Provide a highly accurate geolocation service for any device and in any country, based on publicly observable signal information (like Bluetooth, cell and WiFi networks or IP addresses).
  • Improve the privacy aspects of the geolocation service compared to the current market offerings.
  • Maintain the service without full-time development staff (2021 and later).

Links

Bug reporting

Communication

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