W3C Geolocation API
The W3C Geolocation API is an effort by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to standardize an interface to retrieve the geographical location information for a client-side device. It defines a set of objects, ECMAScript standard compliant, that executing in the client application give the client's device location through the consulting of Location Information Servers, which are transparent for the application programming interface (API). The most common sources of location information are IP address, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth MAC address, radio-frequency identification (RFID), Wi-Fi connection location, or device Global Positioning System (GPS) and GSM/CDMA cell IDs. The location is returned with a given accuracy depending on the best location information source available.
- Comment
- enThe W3C Geolocation API is an effort by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to standardize an interface to retrieve the geographical location information for a client-side device. It defines a set of objects, ECMAScript standard compliant, that executing in the client application give the client's device location through the consulting of Location Information Servers, which are transparent for the application programming interface (API). The most common sources of location information are IP address, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth MAC address, radio-frequency identification (RFID), Wi-Fi connection location, or device Global Positioning System (GPS) and GSM/CDMA cell IDs. The location is returned with a given accuracy depending on the best location information source available.
- Committee
- enGeolocation Working Group
- Domain
- Geographical location information
- Editors
- enAndrei Popescu
- FirstPublished
- 22 December 2008
- Has abstract
- enThe W3C Geolocation API is an effort by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to standardize an interface to retrieve the geographical location information for a client-side device. It defines a set of objects, ECMAScript standard compliant, that executing in the client application give the client's device location through the consulting of Location Information Servers, which are transparent for the application programming interface (API). The most common sources of location information are IP address, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth MAC address, radio-frequency identification (RFID), Wi-Fi connection location, or device Global Positioning System (GPS) and GSM/CDMA cell IDs. The location is returned with a given accuracy depending on the best location information source available. The result of W3C Geolocation API will usually give 4 location properties, including latitude and longitude (coordinates), altitude (height), and [accuracy of the position gathered], which all depend on the location sources. In some queries, altitude may yield or return no value.
- Homepage
- www.w3.org/TR/geolocation-API/
- Hypernym
- Effort
- Is primary topic of
- W3C Geolocation API
- Label
- enW3C Geolocation API
- Link from a Wikipage to an external page
- www.w3.org/TR/geolocation-API/
- www.w3.org/TR/geolocation-API/
- Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
- Android (operating system)
- Application programming interface
- Bluetooth
- Category:Application programming interfaces
- Category:HTML5
- Category:Internet geolocation
- Category:Location-based software
- Category:Web standards
- CDMA2000
- Contextual advertising
- ECMAScript
- Firefox
- Geographical location information
- Global Positioning System
- Google Chrome
- Google Gears
- GSM
- Internet Explorer
- Internet Service Provider
- IOS (Apple)
- IP address
- JavaScript
- JSON
- Latitude
- Local search (Internet)
- Location-based service
- Location Information Server
- Longitude
- MAC address
- Maemo
- Mobile phone tracking
- Network address translation
- Opera (web browser)
- Opera Mobile
- Personal digital assistant
- Plug-in (computing)
- Radio-frequency identification
- Smartphone
- Symbian
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi positioning system
- Windows Mobile
- Windows Phone
- World Wide Web Consortium
- Organization
- enGoogle
- SameAs
- aHWf
- m.06w2tsz
- Q1585009
- W3C API геолокација
- W3C Geolocation API
- W3C Geolocation API
- W3C Geolocation API
- W3C地理位置应用程序接口
- واجهة رابطة الشبكة العالمية البرمجية لتحديد المواقع
- ജിയോലൊക്കേഷൻ എ.പി.ഐ.
- Status
- World Wide Web Consortium
- Subject
- Category:Application programming interfaces
- Category:HTML5
- Category:Internet geolocation
- Category:Location-based software
- Category:Web standards
- Title
- enGeolocation API
- Version
- enW3C Recommendation
- VersionDate
- 8 November 2016
- WasDerivedFrom
- W3C Geolocation API?oldid=1116533526&ns=0
- Website
- https://www.w3.org/TR/geolocation-API/
- WikiPageLength
- 12245
- Wikipage page ID
- 23521191
- Wikipage revision ID
- 1116533526
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