[WLANnews] FW: Wardriving logfiles wanted

[Juergen Neumann]

FYI:

> On Behalf Of Lars Aronsson [lars at aronsson.se]
> Subject: Wardriving logfiles wanted
> 
> 
> You might have heard of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  Just
> kidding, of course everybody knows Wikipedia.  But you might not
> have heard about OpenStreetMap, a similar project aiming to create
> free content maps.  Even if online maps are available from Google,
> Mapquest and other sources free of charge, they are not "free" in
> the "free software" sense and cannot be freely redistributed and
> modified.  OpenStreetMap.org started in July 2004 to remedy this
> lack of free maps.  The method so far is to drive around with a
> GPS satellite navigator and record the position of every street.
> 
> Does this sound familiar?  Of course, just add a WLAN scanner to
> the equipment and what you have is plain old wardriving.
> 
> So, did you use to drive around with Kismet or Netstumbler?  Did
> you keep your logfiles?  Now you can help in liberating the world
> of mapping by donating your old logfiles under a Creative Commons
> Share-Alike license.  After the logfiles have been converted to
> the XML-based GPX format and uploaded to www.openstreetmap.org,
> you and other volunteers can draw these tracklogs into structured
> road maps.
> 
> How is it done?  Well, I'm not exactly sure.  I've heard that GPX
> conversion programs exist or are being developed.  We need to
> streamline this process and document it on the
> wiki.openstreetmap.org, where you can learn more about
> OpenStreetMap.  First thing, I need to get in touch with people
> who are willing to donate their old logs.
> 
> OpenStreetMap.org was founded by Steve Coast in London, and most
> contributors are from England and Europe.  While some free map
> data is provided by the U.S. government, this is not the case in
> most European countries.