Traccar GeoLocation Support for WiGLE

Nils Leideck 11 days ago

As part of Traccar’s ongoing development and in response to the demand for flexible, community-driven geolocation solutions, I would like to propose the following:

Integrating WiGLE as an additional geolocation service provider into Traccar.

WiGLE (Wireless Geographic Logging Engine) is a community-based databases for Wi-Fi and cellular networks. By integrating this data source, Traccar can:

  • improve location accuracy in (indoor) areas with poor GPS coverage
  • offer a decentralized, user-driven alternative to proprietary geolocation services
  • increase resilience against outages of individual providers

Implementation can be modular, similar to existing geolocation providers, with configurable prioritization and fallback mechanisms.

Integrating WiGLE would not only expand Traccar’s technical capabilities but also strengthen its openness to community data—a clear step toward an even more robust and versatile tracking system.

What do you think about adding WiGLE as an optional geolocation provider to the roadmap?

johng 11 days ago

Anything that can improve the usability or functionality of the platform is worth looking at. Enhanced indoor tracking would be a good gain.

Anton Tananaev 11 days ago

Nils Leideck do you have some affiliation with this service?

Nils Leideck 11 days ago

Dear Anton.

No, I don’t have any affiliation with that service.

I’m simply always looking for ways to improve the tools I personally use. That includes suggesting ideas, giving feedback, offering support, or sharing potentially useful integrations. If something seems like it could add value or enhance functionality, I like to bring it up — nothing more than that.

I am more than happy to support you with further information. I am not a developer, so I cannot add value by coding – but I am sure there are other things that must be done for Traccar.

-- Cheers, Nils

Track-trace 7 days ago

@Nils Leideck

Why should this service be interesting ?
https://wigle.net/eula.html

Without paying you can only use it as an end customer. Many traccar server users (who have their own server) are not using their server for themselfs only or use it as a business. And i do not see Real price info.

Nils Leideck 6 days ago

@Track-trace,

that is a very good discovery. Honestly, I did not read that page when I created this post. Reading trough that page now, it seems that WiGLE is intentionally avoiding to provide a professional solution – Thanks for highlighting this!

-- Cheers, Nils