- From: Dominique Hazael-Massieux <dom@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:44:35 +0200
- To: Steve Block <steveblock@google.com>
- Cc: office@manuelbieh.de, public-geolocation <public-geolocation@w3.org>
Le lundi 06 juin 2011 à 11:27 +0100, Steve Block a écrit :
> I think that exposing WiFi data is outside the scope of the spec. The
> spec intends to be a high-level interface to position information, not
> a source of low-level sensor data. See
> http://dev.w3.org/geo/api/spec-source.html#introduction and
> http://dev.w3.org/geo/api/spec-source.html#scope.
One need that this request illustrates, though, is the option to provide
non-default location providers, so that a browser could query another
location provider than the one it comes with.
This would apply for premises where the Wifi localization is not
publicly available, or where the wifi access points are positioned only
temporarily (e.g. for a conference).
This sounds like a use case for the optional item in the group charter:
The Working Group may also explore adding alternative interfaces
(e.g. markup, REST APIs) to the Geolocation API Level 2 API.
Dom
Received on Monday, 6 June 2011 10:44:53 UTC