CloudServices/Location: Difference between revisions

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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

Software projects
Relevant projects and literature
Overview of existing data sources
Old leaderboard (switched 2016, "new" leaderboard retired around 2018)
Old meeting notes (2013-2014)

Bug reporting

Most bugs specific to the Mozilla Stumbler application (retired February 2021) and the 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 Location :: General component (for legal, operations, or unknown category)

Communication

Discussions: https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/location/506
Chat room: https://chat.mozilla.org/#/room/#location:mozilla.org

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-==Summary==
+==Objective==
-The Location Service is operated by the services team and provides geo location lookup for devices, based on cell tower, wifi or IP address information.
+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
-==Product Status and Future==
+==Contributing==
-{{:Services/Location/Roadmaps}}
+There are various ways to contribute, please refer to https://location.services.mozilla.com/ for details.
-==Meeting==
+==FAQ==
-* '''Time''': Wednesday at 10:00AM PDT / 13:00PM EDT / 6:00PM UTC.
+Every project has some [[CloudServices/Location/FAQ|frequently asked questions]].
-* '''Place''': Vidyo room #services
-==Get Involved==
+==Goals==
-===IRC===
+* Implement the [https://blog.mozilla.org/services/2019/09/03/a-new-policy-for-mozilla-location-service/ September 2019 Policy for MLS]
-Join the '''#geo''' channel on [[IRC|Mozilla's IRC]] server (''irc.mozilla.org'').
+* 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).
-===Mailing List===
+== Links ==
-A mailing list is being created.
+* [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)
-===Report Bugs===
+=== Bug reporting ===
+* 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)
-Bugs should be reported in the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=Mozilla%20Services&component=Location Mozilla Services :: Location] component of Bugzilla.
+=== Communication ===
-===Source Code and Development===
+* Discussions: https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/location/506
+* Chat room: https://chat.mozilla.org/#/room/#location:mozilla.org
-Source code for the service can be found at https://github.com/mozilla/ichnaea
-Developer documentation is hosted at https://mozilla-ichnaea.readthedocs.org/