mlsc is a client for the Mozilla Location Services targeting embedded systems.
The source for the request data (wi-fi, gsm, bluetooth) is decided at compile time. Currently the only supported backend is OpenWRT's iwinfo. If no backend is given at compilation, an empty request will be send, resulting in IP-based location lookup.
mlsc uses mbed TLS (polarssl) for SSL/TLS connection to the Mozilla server and no external library for HTTP.
The total compiled binary size is only about 8 KB.
Usage: mlsc <device> [-d]
The first argument is intended to contain device information and is directly send to the backend.
The iwinfo backend requires this to be the name of the wi-fi device (e.g. wlan0)
The second, optional argument -d enables debug output on stderr.
mlsc runs silently. The result will be given in JSON, reflecting the output of the Mozilla service:
{"location": {"lat": 0, "lng": 0}, "accuracy": 0}
The git repo comes with two Makefiles in it.
The outer Makefile is for the OpenWRT build system.
The inner Makefile is the actual compilation process.
If you want to build mlsc for OpenWRT, you need to set-up the OpenWRT build environment (e.g. using the SDK from their download servers)
Add the git repository to the packages sub-directory and compile it using make packages/mlsc/compile.
Remember to add polarssl and iwinfo to the OpenWRT build environment if you don't have them already.
mlsc was tested with OpenWRT 14.07 Barrier Breaker only.
You can compile mlsc for your system, by using make on the inner Makefile.
The resulting binary does not contain any backend. If you want to add the iwinfo backend, run make -DUSE_IWINFO
This project is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2, see LICENSE.