WiGLE
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WiGLE (Wireless Geographic Logging Engine) is a website for collecting information about the different wireless hotspots around the world. Users can register on the website and upload hotspot data like GPS coordinates, SSID, MAC address and the encryption type used on the hotspots discovered. In addition, cell tower data is uploaded and displayed. By obtaining information about the encryption of the different hotspots, WiGLE tries to create an awareness of the need for security by running a wireless network. The first recorded hotspot on WiGLE was uploaded in September 2001. By June 2017, WiGLE counted over 349 million recorded WiFi networks in its database, whereof 345 million was recorded with GPS coordinates and over 4.8 billion unique recorded observations. In addition, the database now contains 7.80 million unique cell towers including 7.75 million with GPS coordinates. By May 2019, WiGLE had a total of 551 million networks recorded.
Wigle may refer to: ==People== Ebon Rinaldo Wigle, Ontario politician Solomon Wigle (1822–1898), Ontario businessman and politician Lewis Wigle (1845–1934), Ontario farmer, businessman and politician; son of Solomon Wigle Lambert Peter Wigle (1867–1941), Ontario farmer and politician Ernest S. Wigle (1859–1947), Ontario lawyer and politician Thomas W. Wigle (1909–1944), American World War II veteran and Medal of Honor recipient Wigle Aytta van Zwichem (1507–1577), Dutch statesman and jurist ==Other== WiGLE, Wireless Geographic Logging Engine, a website for user aggregation of data about wireless networks worldwide Wigle Whiskey, a distillery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ==See also== Wiggle (disambiguation)
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