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The '''W3C Geolocation API''' is an effort by the [[World Wide Web Consortium]] (W3C) to standardize an interface to retrieve the [[geographical ___location information]] for a client-side device.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.w3.org/TR/geolocation-API/ |title=Geolocation API Specification: W3C Recommendation 24 October 2013 |first=Andrei (editor, Google Inc.) |last=Popescu |publisher=W3C |access-date=4 February 2016}}</ref> It defines a set of objects, [[ECMAScript]] standard compliant, that executing in the client application give the client's device ___location through the consulting of [[Location Information Server]]s, which are transparent for the [[application programming interface]] (API). The most common sources of ___location information are [[IP address]], [[Wi-Fi]] and [[Bluetooth]] [[MAC address]], [[radio-frequency identification]] (RFID), Wi-Fi connection ___location, or device [[Global Positioning System]] (GPS) and [[GSM]]/[[CDMA2000|CDMA]] cell IDs. The ___location is returned with a given accuracy depending on the best ___location information source available.

| title = Geolocation API

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| native_name = Geolocation API

| native_name_lang = en

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| status = [[World Wide Web Consortium#W3C_recommendation_(REC)|W3C Recommendation]]

| year_started = {{Start date and age|2008}}<ref name="geolocation-spec-hist">{{Cite web|url=https://www.w3.org/standards/history/geolocation-API|title=Geolocation API Specification 2nd Edition Publication History - W3C|date=n.d.|access-date=2021-04-21}}</ref><ref name="geolocation-spec-20081222">{{cite web|url=https://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-geolocation-API-20081222/|title=Geolocation API Specification|first=Andrei (editor, Google Inc.)|last=Popescu|website=W3C|publisher=Geolocation Working Group|date=2008-12-22|access-date=2021-04-21}}</ref>

| first_published = {{Start date and age|2008|12|22}}<ref name="geolocation-spec-hist" /><ref name="geolocation-spec-20081222" />

| version = W3C Recommendation

| version_date = {{Start date and age|2016|11|08}}<ref name="geolocation-spec" />

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| organization = {{Plainlist|

* {{abbr|[[World Wide Web Consortium|W3C]]|World Wide Web Consortium}}

* [[Google]]

}}

| committee = Geolocation Working Group<ref name="geolocation-spec" />

| editors = Andrei Popescu<ref name="geolocation-spec" />

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| base_standards =

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| ___domain = [[Geographical ___location information]]

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| website = {{URL|https://www.w3.org/TR/geolocation-API/}}

}}

The '''W3C Geolocation API''' is an effort by the [[World Wide Web Consortium]] (W3C) to standardize an interface to retrieve the [[geographical ___location information]] for a client-side device.<ref name="geolocation-spec">{{cite web |url=https://www.w3.org/TR/geolocation-API/ |title=Geolocation API Specification: W3C Recommendation 24 October 20132nd Edition|first=Andrei (editor, Google Inc.) |last=Popescu |publisherwebsite=W3C|publisher=Geolocation Working Group|date=2016-11-08|access-date=4 February 20162021-04-21}}</ref> It defines a set of objects, [[ECMAScript]] standard compliant, that executing in the client application give the client's device ___location through the consulting of [[Location Information Server]]s, which are transparent for the [[application programming interface]] (API). The most common sources of ___location information are [[IP address]], [[Wi-Fi]] and [[Bluetooth]] [[MAC address]], [[radio-frequency identification]] (RFID), Wi-Fi connection ___location, or device [[Global Positioning System]] (GPS) and [[GSM]]/[[CDMA2000|CDMA]] cell IDs. The ___location is returned with a given accuracy depending on the best ___location information source available.

== Deployment in web browsers ==