ISSUE-73: Getting the user's position vs an arbitrary position

Getting the user's position vs an arbitrary position

State:: CLOSED
Product:: GeoAPI V1
Raised by:: Matt Womer
Opened on:: 2009-07-20
Description:: From: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-geolocation/2009Jan/0009.html
Raised By: Dominique Hazael-Massieux

"What if, instead of making that assumption, the API would be designed to return *a* position, that might or might not be the user's current location?"

Resolution: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-geolocation/2009Jan/0010.html

Last Call spec says: "Common sources of location information include Global Positioning System (GPS) and location inferred from network signals such as IP address, RFID, WiFi and Bluetooth MAC addresses, and GSM/CDMA cell IDs, as well as user input. No guarantee is given that the API returns the device's actual location." -- http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-geolocation-API-20090707/
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