Add method for including latitude and longitude of sensor to msgs for /device topic about openeew-sensor

[johnwalicki]

I found a simple API that will give you Lat,Lng
https://ipstack.com/documentation
I signed up for a free apikey that allows for 10K msgs / month
The API was simple to call and it returns a json object that includes Lat,Lng
http://api.ipstack.com/check?access_key=

[johnwalicki]

I envision, at every device powerup, it calls this location API and figures out where it is.
Sends a "Device Activated" message to some restful "Onboarding" interface in the Cloud.
The message includes WiFi, Ethernet mac addresses and Lat,Lng
The response from our centralized "Onboarding" API would include the MQTT host it should connect to.
"Oh, your device is in [Nepal,New Zealand,Mexico,Carribean,etc] return a Watson IoT Platform MQTT instance close to me"

[andygrillo]

Sounds great, excellent way to route devices to endpoints. Ill look at this servie tomorrow. My concern is if it works simply by the ip address. We tries this before and it regularly got the address wrong by hundreds of meters and in one case in another state. This would have a big impact on the detection. But maybe we coukd get the user to confirm the address somehow?

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On Wed, Nov 11, 2020, 11:07 PM John Walicki ***@***.***> wrote: I envision, at every device powerup, it calls this location API and figures out where it is. Sends a "Device Activated" message to some restful "Onboarding" interface in the Cloud. The message includes WiFi, Ethernet mac addresses and Lat,Lng The response from our centralized "Onboarding" API would include the MQTT host it should connect to. "Oh, your device is in [Nepal,New Zealand,Mexico,Carribean,etc] return a Watson IoT Platform MQTT instance close to me" — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#4 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABP5GHKO2A6T53C4I66ZBVLSPNURJANCNFSM4P5FHL5A> .

[johnwalicki]

Agree that it might not be 100% accurate but it gets really close. In my case, it put the map pin directly in front of my house.

[johnwalicki]

A mobile application might need to assist in more accurate geolocation. In the OpenEEW #apps slack channel, we've been discussing using Flutter / SmartConfig / Device registration panels that can send email and location to the cloud so that we can link the device WiFi mac address to an owner / place.

[johnwalicki]

The mobile OpenEEW Provisioning app sends the smartphone GPS coords as part of the user details registration.
This information is stored in the Cloudant DB.
See https://github.com/openeew/openeew-provisioner/blob/main/PROVISIONING.md

The possible risk is that devices get activated somewhere NOT where they will be positioned.
@andygrillo is that sufficient?

[andygrillo]

I suspect this is fine. Later on we could discuss adding a verification step where the address is sent back to the user, or the user has to confirm the location on the dashboard ?

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On Sat, 12 Dec 2020 at 19:51, John Walicki ***@***.***> wrote: The mobile OpenEEW Provisioning app sends the smartphone GPS coords as part of the user details registration. This information is stored in the Cloudant DB. See https://github.com/openeew/openeew-provisioner/blob/main/PROVISIONING.md The possible risk is that devices get activated somewhere NOT where they will be positioned. @andygrillo <https://github.com/andygrillo> is that sufficient? — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#4 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABP5GHMAVQYUXUOKCSRWT7DSUQM3JANCNFSM4P5FHL5A> .

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[johnwalicki]

Thinking through the wifi set-up, the device might be activated, using the Mobile app, on one network, that location would be written to Cloudant db. Then, when the device moves, the new wifi network said/password will likely be different. The mobile app would be used, call SmartConfig and also adjust/overwrite the device location in the Cloudant db.

Closing issue