<s>
WiGLE	B-General_Concept
(	O
or	O
Wireless	O
Geographic	O
Logging	O
Engine	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
website	O
for	O
collecting	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
different	O
wireless	B-Application
hotspots	I-Application
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
register	O
on	O
the	O
website	O
and	O
upload	O
hotspot	B-Application
data	O
like	O
GPS	O
coordinates	O
,	O
SSID	O
,	O
MAC	O
address	O
and	O
the	O
encryption	O
type	O
used	O
on	O
the	O
hotspots	B-Application
discovered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
obtaining	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
encryption	O
of	O
the	O
different	O
hotspots	B-Application
,	O
WiGLE	B-General_Concept
tries	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
awareness	O
of	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
security	O
by	O
running	O
a	O
wireless	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
recorded	O
hotspot	B-Application
on	O
WiGLE	B-General_Concept
was	O
uploaded	O
in	O
September	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
June	O
2017	O
,	O
WiGLE	B-General_Concept
counted	O
over	O
349	O
million	O
recorded	O
WiFi	O
networks	O
in	O
its	O
database	O
,	O
whereof	O
345	O
million	O
was	O
recorded	O
with	O
GPS	O
coordinates	O
and	O
over	O
4.8	O
billion	O
unique	O
recorded	O
observations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
May	O
2019	O
,	O
WiGLE	B-General_Concept
had	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
551	O
million	O
networks	O
recorded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
Hacking	O
for	O
Dummies	O
to	O
Introduction	O
to	O
Neography	O
,	O
WiGLE	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
well	O
known	O
resource	O
and	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
books	O
mentioned	O
the	O
WiGLE	B-General_Concept
database	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
including	O
internationally	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
association	O
with	O
vehicles	O
was	O
also	O
becoming	O
widely	O
known	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
associations	O
of	O
WiGLE	B-General_Concept
have	O
been	O
positive	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
have	O
been	O
darker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2004	O
,	O
the	O
site	O
was	O
sufficiently	O
well	O
known	O
that	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
book	O
quoted	O
the	O
co-founder	O
,	O
saying	O
“	O
This	O
is	O
the	O
‘	O
Kama	O
Sutra’	O
of	O
wardriving	B-General_Concept
literature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
you	O
ca	O
n't	O
wardrive	B-General_Concept
after	O
reading	O
this	O
,	O
nature	O
has	O
selected	O
you	O
not	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
–	O
Bob	O
“	O
bobzilla	O
”	O
Hagemann	O
,	O
WiGLE.net	O
CoFounder	O
"	O
and	O
a	O
shortened	O
quote	O
appeared	O
on	O
the	O
book	O
's	O
cover	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Regarding	O
WiGLE	B-General_Concept
in	O
particular	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
Netstumbler	B-General_Concept
map	O
site	O
and	O
the	O
Wireless	O
Geographic	O
Logging	O
Engine	O
store	O
more	O
detailed	O
wardrive	B-General_Concept
trace	O
data	O
,	O
yet	O
do	O
not	O
offer	O
any	O
visualization	O
format	O
that	O
is	O
particularly	O
useful	O
or	O
informative.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2004	O
others	O
felt	O
differently	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
WiFi	O
news	O
site	O
said	O
about	O
"	O
the	O
fine	O
folks	O
at	O
wigle.net	O
who	O
have	O
900,000	O
access	B-Device
points	I-Device
in	O
their	O
wardriving	B-General_Concept
database	O
,	O
"	O
"	O
While	O
the	O
maps	O
are	O
n't	O
as	O
pretty	O
,	O
they	O
're	O
quite	O
good	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
URLs	O
correspond	O
to	O
specific	O
locations	O
where	O
WiFiMaps	O
hides	O
the	O
URL-to-location	O
mapping.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2004	O
,	O
other	O
authors	O
stated	O
,	O
"	O
that	O
war	B-General_Concept
driving	I-General_Concept
is	O
now	O
ubiquitous	O
:	O
a	O
good	O
illustration	O
of	O
this	O
is	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
WiGLE.net	O
online	O
database	O
of	O
WAPS.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
motherload	O
of	O
WAP	O
maps	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Wireless	O
Geographic	O
Logging	O
Engine	O
Web	O
site	O
(	O
wigle.net	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Circa	O
late	O
September	O
2004	O
,	O
WiGLE	B-General_Concept
’s	O
database	O
and	O
mapping	O
technology	O
included	O
over	O
1.6	O
million	O
WAPS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
using	O
WiFi	O
databases	O
for	O
geolocation	O
was	O
being	O
discussed	O
,	O
and	O
WiGLE	B-General_Concept
,	O
with	O
approximately	O
2.4	O
million	O
located	O
access	B-Device
points	I-Device
in	O
the	O
database	O
,	O
was	O
often	O
mentioned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
apps	O
used	O
to	O
collect	O
information	O
are	O
open	O
sourced	O
,	O
the	O
database	O
itself	O
is	O
accessed	O
and	O
distributed	O
under	O
a	O
freeware	B-License
proprietary	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Android	B-Application
app	O
to	O
collect	O
Wi-Fi	B-Application
hotspots	I-Application
and	O
their	O
geographic	O
correspondent	O
information	O
is	O
available	O
under	O
a	O
3-clause	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
license	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
