wifi_geolocation.py

import urllib2
import commands
import re

def get_geolocation():
	try:
		response = commands.getstatusoutput('/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport -s')
		lines = response[1].split('\n')
		geourl = 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/browserlocation/json?browser=firefox&sensor=true'
		for i in range(1,len(lines)):
			macs = re.compile('([^ ].+) ([^ ]+:[^ ]+:[^ ]+:[^ ]+:[^ ]+:[^ ]+) ([^ ]+)').findall(lines[i])
			name = macs[0][0]
			mac = macs[0][1]
			ss = macs[0][2]
			geourl += '&wifi=mac:%s%%7Cssid:%s%%7Css:%s' % (mac.replace(":", "-"), name.replace(" ", "%20"), ss)
		# look up google maps API for lat/lng
		response = urllib2.urlopen(geourl)
		html = response.read()
		lat = re.compile('"lat" : (.+),').findall(html)[0]
		lng = re.compile('"lng" : (.+)').findall(html)[0]
		return (lat, lng)
	except:
		print "no internet connection found, no location code!"
		return ('NULL', 'NULL')
		
		
print get_geolocation()