- From: Dominique Hazael-Massieux <dom@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:16:32 +0200
- To: Steve Block <steveblock@google.com>
- Cc: Doug Turner <doug.turner@gmail.com>, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>, Lars Erik Bolstad <lbolstad@opera.com>, "public-geolocation@w3.org" <public-geolocation@w3.org>
Le mardi 28 juin 2011 à 17:10 +0000, Steve Block a écrit : > > How much battery life savings is there? > The argument we discussed at the face-to-face was that the UA could > simply check WiFi and/or Cell IDs until it got close to the relevant > location, and only then enable full location look-ups, possibly > including GPS. A JS implementation can't do this, especially if the UA > doesn't honour enableHighAccuracy. It also seems a better approach in terms of privacy: as a user, I might be comfortable letting a Web app know that I'm close to a particular spot, without being comfortable having my location tracked permanently by that Web app until I get to that spot. Dom
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