Access points in iOS 4.0+

Since iOS4, Apple has been using their own database for location. Skyhook is still used on prior ve开发者_Go百科rsions, such as 1.1.3 and 3.1. How is Apple implementing their Access points? Is it possible to submit or contribute to Apple in any way?

We have a locations with lots or reliable hotspots indoors in malls and stores that are not covered in 4.0+ devices.

It seems submitting hotspots to Apple's database isn't supported currently, but will be soon according to this discussion thread:

Many people (myself included) noticed that Location Services stopped working with the upgrade to iOS 4.0. The symptom is that Maps and other apps say "Your location could not be determined." even in areas that used to work. The problem is that starting in iOS 3.2 and iOS 4.0, Apple switched from using the SkyHook location database to using their own. Whereas the SkyHook database had the ability for users to add their own WiFi access points, Apple does not have anyway for us to do that.

I just spent over an hour on the phone with Apple Support senior advisors, who initially wanted to restore my unit or even replace it (neither of which would have fixed it), until I found the news reports about Apples new location database. Eventually, I found a senior advisor who was able to track down the problem and admitted that, yes, since the switch from SkyHook to Apple's own database, many WiFi access points no longer work with location services. "Apple is working on the problem, and eventually it will be fixed, although there isn't any time estimate." I asked specifically if this meant that Apple was going to allow users to add their own WiFi access points, and she said "Yes."