Data compression techniques

A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored therein program code of one or more software programs, wherein the program code when executed by at least one processing device causes the at least one processing device:

• to compress at least a first portion of geo-location information attributed to at least a portion of one or more access points, wherein an access point comprises a networking hardware device having one or more identifiable geo-location properties;
• to convert at least a second portion of geo-location information attributed to the at least a portion of the one or more access points to one or more polar coordinates;
• to convert, for the at least a portion of the one or more access points, the one or more polar coordinates attributed thereto to at least one position on a data structure configured to have one or more predetermined properties;
• to generate at least one compressed access point geo-location data output comprising (i) the compressed at least first portion of geo-location information and (ii) the at least one position on the data structure attributed to the at least a portion of the one or more access points;
• and
• to output the at least one compressed access point geo-location data output to at least one user device.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory;
• the at least one processing device being configured:
• to compress at least a first portion of geo-location information attributed to at least a portion of one or more access points, wherein an access point comprises a networking hardware device having one or more identifiable geo-location properties;
• to convert at least a second portion of geo-location information attributed to the at least a portion of the one or more access points to one or more polar coordinates;
• to convert, for the at least a portion of the one or more access points, the one or more polar coordinates attributed thereto to at least one position on a data structure configured to have one or more predetermined properties;
• to generate at least one compressed access point geo-location data output comprising (i) the compressed at least first portion of geo-location information and (ii) the at least one position on the data structure attributed to the at least a portion of the one or more access points;
• and
• to output the at least one compressed access point geo-location data output to at least one user device.