Feature request: Use discovered database to resolve paths/traces

[Zanop]

Hi Meshcore devs,

First of all, I want to thank you all for the great work you do to allow us to benefit from this nice project!

Here is what I have in mind. Currently when you look at paths/traces in the meshcore app you either see repeater names if you added them as contacts or just see hash if you havent. Meanwhile in the discovered database you already have most of these repeaters, they are just not in your contacts.
Adding repeaters to the contacts just to be able to see name resolves in the traces is messy and on top of that, you have limit on the number of contacts you can actually add, so eventually its full.

Initially I have been spending a lot of time to go to map.meshcore.dev and look up all repeaters matching the first byte trying to figure out which one is close to me and likely to be the one in the path and then add that to contacts. This takes a lot of time, and you still get diplicates in close proximity, so its not ideal.

My idea is to make the app resolve the hash -> name in paths using the discovered database instead. This avoids the problem with the limited contact list size(which is probably becasue its stored on the companion) and the need to even add repeaters you dont own in the contacts which does not make much sense in most cases. It should work really well when the multi-byte paths become more mainstream.

Regards,
Vlado

[Zanop]

Okay I just realized this repo is actually for the firmware and the feature I am talking about is actually in the Android app. Not sure where is the best place to request that. Is the Android app closed soruce?

[liamcottle]

Thanks! Duplicate of #1433