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# picoCTF 2017 – Connect The Wigle
## Problem
Identify the data contained within wigle and determine how to visualize it. Update 16:26 EST 1 Apr If you feel that you are close, make a private piazza post with what you have, and an admin will help out.
### Hints
+ Perhaps they've been storing data in a database. How do we access the information?
+ How can we visualize this data? Maybe we just need to take a step back to get the big picture?
+ Try zero in the first word of the flag, if you think it's an O.
+ If you think you're super close, make a private piazza post with what you think it is.
## Solution
The `wigle` file is a SQLite database. Mathematica can load a SQLite database directly using JDBC.
```mathematica
Needs["DatabaseLink`"]
db = OpenSQLConnection[
JDBC["SQLite", FileNameJoin[{NotebookDirectory[], "wigle"}]]];
```
Preview the data. We will be using the `lon` and `lat` columns.
```mathematica
Grid[SQLExecute[db, "SELECT * FROM location LIMIT 15",
"ShowColumnHeadings" -> True], Dividers -> {False, {False, True}}]
```
Just plot the `lon` and `lat` columns as points.
```mathematica
Graphics@Point@SQLExecute[db, "SELECT lon, lat FROM location"]
```
The flag is easily readable. The flag is: `FLAG{F0UND_M3_3C32EF91}`
