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Wi-Fi geolocation

Third-party location APIs

If Wi-Fi site survey geolocation (Ground Fix service) is implemented, the devices can be shown on the map based on the location of the Wi-Fi access points nearby them.

Third-party location APIs 

nRF Asset Tracker implements the following third-party location APIs:

nRF Cloud Location Services

These APIs enable calculation of the rough location of a device as soon as it sends the information for the nearest Wi-Fi access points to the cloud.

Follow the configuration guide in the respective implementation to enable nRF Cloud’s Ground Fix API:

AWS

nRF Asset Tracker

nRF Asset Tracker