Ipod uses wifi to get location. My question is can we create a custom wifi hotspot and do some hack to make ipod believe that its location is somewhere we want it to be? This is very critical as in my project I have to show items based on locations in US but I am living in India. So is there any method by which I can spoof location In US?
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http://robots.thoughtbot.com/post/28649557009/faking-corelocation-inconceivable – Mick MacCallum Mar 01 '13 at 12:49
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You can set a custom location to be simulated in your Project scheme. This simulation will be then "faked" both for your Simulator and when you run straight from Xcode on your device.
Project -> Edit scheme -> enable location, and choose from the pre-defined list or add your own custom .gpx file
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Also there is a shortcut for that. In the lower pane of xcode when we run the app a location icon will be shown. We can click on it and add gpx files. – arundevma Mar 04 '13 at 09:22
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Geolocation without GPS is done in two ways:
- Apple has it's own database of WiFi networks and their locations. If you set up a new WiFi hotspot and connect to it, Apple most likely won't be able to take a location from it alone, as they won't know about it yet.
- Your external IP address can be traced to the country and sometimes city that you live in. This can be spoofed using a proxy server.
Are you trying to spoof your location to a web server or using the geo-location API? The correct approach will depend on what you are trying to spoof.
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@0x7fffffff - yes, most likely: http://www.zdnet.com/apple-iphone-data-used-to-build-wi-fi-hotspot-database-3040092624/ It's not just Apple that do this. Google's Street View cars log the location of SSIDs and possibly router MAC addresses as they drive around. – colincameron Mar 01 '13 at 12:54