Mozilla is sunsetting their location services. Mainly because FirefoxOS was a failure, but they could have done a NLP (Network location provider) app for Android, but didnt.
They have a huge database of not only cell towers, but also Wifi and Bluetooth points.
This allows very precise, energy efficient, and more resilient location positioning than GPS.
It works indoors, underground etc. Sattelites can be destroyed or shielded off, a local positioning system is pretty important.
Mozilla still has the datasets but I dont know what they will do with them. A legal entity, organization, project could likely request the data and get ownership of it.
Not having it would mean that FOSS NLP doesnt get that huge kickstart.
Will the GrapheneOS project request that data and, if possible, take or share ownership of it?
I think this is a time-critical matter, as Mozilla will soon shutdown their services entirely.
This would only be useful in combination with a location provider adapter and unprivileged app serving the data. I am sure this is planned but resources are limited.