XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.home.repair   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article , rbowman   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   > Short answer is the secured access points are broadcasting a SSID.   
      
   bssid   
      
   > Assuming you have a WiFi connection to any of them,   
      
   there's no need to connect to the wifi network.   
      
   > the database can be   
   > queried and the location of each SSID determined.   
      
   yep, except it's bssid.   
      
   > Just walking down a city street you should be able to see a number of   
   > access points even if you can't connect to them. That information is all   
   > you need.   
      
   yep.   
      
   > afaik, you still need a connection to Google. Many of the services like   
   > routing are not done locally. The device sends the request off to a   
   > server, not necessarily Google, and gets back JSON (usually) data which   
   > it then can use to plot a line on the basemap.   
      
   it's done locally because a network query is far too slow, and that's   
   if it's available.   
      
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