After being kneecapped by a #patents troll years ago, #Mozilla Location Services, the only somewhat trusted (non-Google/Apple) "Wi-Fi positioning system" (geolocation based on triangulating collected #WiFi SSIDs), is now shutting down: github.com/mozilla/ichnaea/iss…

MLS was how #GeoClue could get a meters-accurate location without a #GPS receiver / sky line-of-sight.

It was used by many #GNOME / #KDE apps to get instantaneous neighborhood-level location (for maps, local weather…) on #Linux laptops.

With #LibreOffice now able to include #QRCode directly, it's easy to create #WiFi connection posters!

(While still putting the info as text for those who can't decode the QR…)

Menu: Insert -> OLE Object -> QR code and barcode

The URI to use is a bit weird, cf.

web.archive.org/web/2022051701… (French but it's clear enough)

WIFI:S:<SSID>;T:<WPA|WEP>;P:<password>;H:<false|true>;;

(A ; is required after the password, the remainder is optional. H is for hidden APs)