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Life & fun · December 14, 2016

Internal positioning of all smartphones using Raspberry Pis

Track the location of every Wi-Fi device (:iphone:) in your house using Raspberry Pis and FIND - schollz/find-lf

Internal positioning of all smartphones using Raspberry Pis launched on December 14, 2016 with 13 votes, #1,488 of 3,449 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

In plain words

This project uses Raspberry Pi devices to determine the indoor location of smartphones without relying on GPS. It was created for developers and makers interested in indoor positioning technology. The system is open-source and hosted on GitHub, making it accessible to those who want to build or experiment with location-tracking solutions in environments where traditional GPS fails.

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