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class="bday dtstart published updated">2008-12-22</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-geolocation-spec-hist_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-geolocation-spec-hist-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-geolocation-spec-20081222_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-geolocation-spec-20081222-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Latest version</th><td class="infobox-data">W3C Recommendation<br />1 September 2022<span class="noprint">; 2 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2022-09-01</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-geolocation-spec_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-geolocation-spec-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Organization</th><td 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href="#cite_note-geolocation-spec-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Domain</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Geographical_location_information" class="mw-redirect" title="Geographical location information">Geographical location information</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.w3.org/TR/geolocation-API/">www<wbr />.w3<wbr />.org<wbr />/TR<wbr />/geolocation-API<wbr />/</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>W3C Geolocation API</b> is an effort by the <a href="/wiki/World_Wide_Web_Consortium" title="World Wide Web Consortium">World Wide Web Consortium</a> (W3C) to standardize an interface to retrieve the <a href="/wiki/Geographical_location_information" class="mw-redirect" title="Geographical location information">geographical location information</a> for a client-side device.<sup id="cite_ref-geolocation-spec_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-geolocation-spec-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It defines a set of objects, <a href="/wiki/ECMAScript" title="ECMAScript">ECMAScript</a> standard compliant, that executing in the client application give the client's device location through the consulting of <a href="/wiki/Location_Information_Server" class="mw-redirect" title="Location Information Server">Location Information Servers</a>, which are transparent for the <a href="/wiki/Application_programming_interface" class="mw-redirect" title="Application programming interface">application programming interface</a> (API). The most common sources of location information are <a href="/wiki/IP_address" title="IP address">IP address</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wi-Fi" title="Wi-Fi">Wi-Fi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bluetooth" title="Bluetooth">Bluetooth</a> <a href="/wiki/MAC_address" title="MAC address">MAC address</a>, <a href="/wiki/Radio-frequency_identification" title="Radio-frequency identification">radio-frequency identification</a> (RFID), Wi-Fi connection location, or device <a href="/wiki/Global_Positioning_System" title="Global Positioning System">Global Positioning System</a> (GPS) and <a href="/wiki/GSM" title="GSM">GSM</a>/<a href="/wiki/CDMA2000" title="CDMA2000">CDMA</a> cell IDs. The location is returned with a given accuracy depending on the best location information source available. </p><p>The result of W3C Geolocation API will usually give 4 location properties, including <a href="/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">latitude</a> and <a href="/wiki/Longitude" title="Longitude">longitude</a> (coordinates), altitude (height), and accuracy [of the position gathered], which all depend on the location sources.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deployment_in_web_browsers">Deployment in web browsers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=W3C_Geolocation_API&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Deployment in web browsers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Web pages can use the Geolocation API directly if the web browser implements it. Historically, some browsers could gain support via the <a href="/wiki/Google_Gears" class="mw-redirect" title="Google Gears">Google Gears</a> <a href="/wiki/Plug-in_(computing)" title="Plug-in (computing)">plugin</a>, but this was discontinued in 2010 and the server-side API it depended on stopped responding in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-code-google-gear-geo-api_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-code-google-gear-geo-api-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Geolocation API is ideally suited to web applications for mobile devices such as <a href="/wiki/Smartphone" title="Smartphone">smartphones</a>. On desktop computers, the W3C Geolocation API works in <a href="/wiki/Firefox" title="Firefox">Firefox</a> since version 3.5, <a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Google Chrome</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Opera_(web_browser)" title="Opera (web browser)">Opera</a> 10.6,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer" title="Internet Explorer">Internet Explorer</a> 9.0,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Safari 5. On mobile devices, it works on <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a> (firmware 2.0+), <a href="/wiki/IOS_(Apple)" class="mw-redirect" title="IOS (Apple)">iOS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Windows_Phone" title="Windows Phone">Windows Phone</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maemo" title="Maemo">Maemo</a>. The W3C Geolocation API is also supported by Opera Mobile 10.1 – available for Android and <a href="/wiki/Symbian" title="Symbian">Symbian</a> devices (S60 generations 3 & 5) since 24 November 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Browsers initially allowed access to the API in insecure contexts, but in the context of Secure Contexts,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> browsers, e.g., Chrome,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> now generally require a secure connection. </p><p>Google Gears provided geolocation support for older and non-compliant browsers, including Internet Explorer 7.0+ as a Gears plugin, and Google Chrome which implemented Gears natively. It also supported geolocation on mobile devices as a plugin for the Android browser (pre version 2.0) and <a href="/wiki/Opera_Mobile" title="Opera Mobile">Opera Mobile</a> for <a href="/wiki/Windows_Mobile" title="Windows Mobile">Windows Mobile</a>. However, the Google Gears Geolocation API is incompatible with the W3C Geolocation API and is no longer supported. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location_sources">Location sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=W3C_Geolocation_API&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Location sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/W3C_Geolocation_API" title="Special:EditPage/W3C Geolocation API">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Geolocation API does not provide the location information. The location information is obtained by a device (such as a smartphone, PC or modem), which is then served by the API to be brought in browser. Usually geolocation will try to determine a device's position using one of these several methods. </p> <dl><dt>GPS (Global Positioning System)</dt> <dd>This happens for any device which has GPS capabilities. A smartphone with GPS capabilities and set to high accuracy mode will be likely to obtain the location data from this. GPS calculate location information from the satellite signal. It has the highest accuracy; in most Android smartphones, the accuracy can be up to 10 metres.</dd> <dt>Mobile Network Location</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Mobile_phone_tracking" title="Mobile phone tracking">Mobile phone tracking</a> is used if a cellphone or wireless modem is used without a GPS chip built in.</dd> <dt>Wi-Fi Positioning System</dt> <dd>If Wi-Fi is used indoors, a <a href="/wiki/Wi-Fi_positioning_system" title="Wi-Fi positioning system">Wi-Fi positioning system</a> is the likeliest source. Some Wi-Fi spots have location services capabilities.</dd> <dt>IP Address Location</dt> <dd>Location is detected based on the nearest public IP address on a device (which can be a computer, the router it is connected to, or the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Service_Provider" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet Service Provider">Internet Service Provider</a> (ISP) the router uses). The location depends on the IP information available, but in many cases where the IP is hidden behind an ISP <a href="/wiki/Network_address_translation" title="Network address translation">network address translation</a>, the accuracy is only to the level of a city, region or even country.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Implementation">Implementation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=W3C_Geolocation_API&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Implementation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Though the implementation is not specified, W3C Geolocation API is built on extant technologies, and is heavily influenced by Google Gears Geolocation API. Example: Firefox's Geolocation implementation<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> uses Google's network location provider.<sup id="cite_ref-code-google-gear-geo-api_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-code-google-gear-geo-api-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Google Gears Geolocation works by sending a set of parameters that could give a hint as to where the user's physical location is to a network location provider server, which is by default the one provided by Google (code.l.google.com).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the parameters are lists of sensed mobile cell towers and Wi-Fi networks, all with sensed signal strengths. These parameters are encapsulated into a JavaScript Object Notation (<a href="/wiki/JSON" title="JSON">JSON</a>) message and sent to the network location provider via HTTP POST. Based on these parameters, the network location provider can calculate the location. Common uses for this location information include enforcing access controls, localizing and customizing content, analyzing traffic, <a href="/wiki/Contextual_advertising" title="Contextual advertising">contextual advertising</a> and preventing identity theft.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Example_code">Example code</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=W3C_Geolocation_API&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Example code"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Simple <a href="/wiki/JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a> code that checks if the browser has the Geolocation API implemented and then uses it to get the current position of the device. this code creates a function which can be called on HTML using <code><body onload="geoFindMe()"></code>: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-javascript mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">geoFindMe</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">navigator</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">geolocation</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">navigator</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">geolocation</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">getCurrentPosition</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">success</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">error</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">geoOptions</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">else</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">console</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">log</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"Geolocation services are not supported by your web browser."</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="kd">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">success</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">position</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">latitude</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">position</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">coords</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">latitude</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">longitude</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">position</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">coords</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">longitude</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">altitude</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">position</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">coords</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">altitude</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">accuracy</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">position</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">coords</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">accuracy</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">console</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">log</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="sb">`lat: </span><span class="si">${</span><span class="nx">latitude</span><span class="si">}</span><span class="sb"> long: </span><span class="si">${</span><span class="nx">longitude</span><span class="si">}</span><span class="sb">`</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="kd">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">error</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">error</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">console</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">log</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="sb">`Unable to retrieve your location due to </span><span class="si">${</span><span class="nx">error</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">code</span><span class="si">}</span><span class="sb">: </span><span class="si">${</span><span class="nx">error</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">message</span><span class="si">}</span><span class="sb">`</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="kd">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">geoOptions</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">enableHighAccuracy</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">maximumAge</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">30000</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">timeout</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">27000</span> <span class="p">};</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=W3C_Geolocation_API&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_search_(Internet)" title="Local search (Internet)">Local search (Internet)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Location-based_service" title="Location-based service">Location-based service</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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