Merging for wireless access points

An article comprising a non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium storing program code that is operable to cause one or more computers to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• scanning in a first scan to identify wireless access points that are within wireless communication of a computing device;
• scanning in a subsequent scan to identify wireless access points that are within wireless communication of the computing device;
• creating a group of wireless access points that includes a combination of
• (i) one or more first wireless access points that were each identified in the first scan and not in the subsequent scan, and
• (ii) one or more second wireless access points that were each identified in the subsequent scan;
• and
• displaying a list of user-selectable items that correspond to particular wireless access points from the group of wireless access points that have been identified in a period of multiple scans for wireless access points, the displayed list indicating that one or more of the particular wireless access points were identified in a prior scan and not identified in a most recent scan for wireless access points,
• wherein a time between the first scan and the subsequent scan is lengthened or shortened according to a distance traveled by the computing device.

A computing device comprising:

• a wireless interface to repeatedly scan, with time between scans, for the presence of wireless access points within wireless communication of the computing device;
• a wireless access manager programmed to track wireless access points identified by the wireless interface and to maintain the tracked wireless access points in a list for a period after the wireless interface no longer identifies the wireless access points;
• and
• an electronic display connected to the computing device to display at least some of the wireless access points that are maintained by the wireless access manager, wherein the electronic display is to provide a linear list of user-selectable items that correspond to the at least some of the wireless access points that have been identified in a period of multiple scans for wireless access points, the displayed list indicating that one or more of the at least some wireless access points were identified in a prior scan and not identified in a most recent scan for wireless access points,
• wherein the time between scans is lengthened or shortened according to a distance traveled by the computing device.