Re: [w3c/ServiceWorker] Expose GeoLocation to workers (#745)

I didn't want to put +1, but we have a very strong use case for background GPS here too.

The scenario is similar to others mentioned - mobile workers out and about, central control seeing where they are, dispatching workers to locations in a dynamic visit-allocation environment.

We made the decision to build our app as a PWA long before the term PWA existed, back in the days of inconsistent browser storage standards, polyfills everywhere etc., so to see native features gradually appear and become standardised in browsers over time has really helped validate our decision to proceed down this route.

But live tracking is a Very Big Deal commercially these days (Google 'mobile workforce management' and try to find a site that doesn't mention live tracking), and unfortunately we keep having to look over to the dark side (native) in order to achieve our technical aims.

To have genuine background geolocation, installed from the web page and available even when the device is screen locked would be a huge positive.

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