Geolocation for boards without GPS capability.

[gideonmaina]

Hey @augustinemwendwa72 and @usmanbiu . I am trying to figure out how we can achieve acquiring location data for sensor kits without GPS support.

There are a couple of ways this can be achieved :

1. Assisted GPS (AGPS): This involved acquiring ephemeris data from a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) server over a TCP/IP connection. I have explored this slightly with Quectels AGPS server with little success. This requires extensive research. @augustinemwendwa72 any luck with this?

2. Leveraging Geolocation API via the config page served by the webserver whereby a location can be extracted to a connected device. Not sure how this will work out when WiFi is on STA mode.

This will only be suitable for stationary sensors that need to be onboarded just once.

[gideonmaina]

A disclaimer about using the Geolocation API; It can only work with HTTPS!

Therefore, the webserver should also be HTTPS. The esp8266 was not designed for this and the extra overhead of enforcing SSL comes with performance limitations.