bssid-geolocator

To install and manage dependencies, I use virtualenv:

virtualenv -p python3 .
source bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

To run this on Nix, do:

nix-shell
[nix-shell:~/Downloads/bssid-geolocator]$ ./bssid-geolocator.py --bssid 00:11:22:33:44:55
INFO:root:Geolocating bssid 00:11:22:33:44:55
00:11:22:33:44:55 -180.0,-180.0 0 -1

bssid-geolocator is very simple. It takes one BSSID as an argument, and produces all the geolocations to stdout. It can also write KML.

Examples

./bssid-geolocator.py -b 00:11:22:33:44:55

Produces output like:

<bssid> <lat,lon> <channel> <horizonal accuracy>

You can also geolocate several BSSIDs from a file with -f:

./bssid-geolocator.py -f file-o-bssids.txt

You can write the output to a file with -o, which produces a tsv for easy cuting:

./bssid-geolocator.py -f file-o-bssids.txt -o geos.tsv

You can also write KML with -k:

./bssid-geolocator.py -k output.kml -b 00:11:22:33:44:55

You can output results in JSON format with --json (useful for scripting and integration):

./bssid-geolocator.py -b 00:11:22:33:44:55 --json

Sample output:

[
  {
    "bssid": "00:11:22:33:44:55",
    "lat": 14.4463227,
    "lon": 26.0369489,
    "channel": 3,
    "accuracy": 24
  }
]

ℹ️ The --json flag disables all console logs for clean machine-readable output.

There's also a help menu, if you forget all of this:

./bssid-geolocator.py -h