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Web and Location

Map

Dominique Hazael‑Massieux

dom@w3.org

@dontcallmeDOM

W3C

Mission

“Lead the Web to its Full Potential”
Through standardization of technologies and guidelines
Make the Web work for everyone, everywhere on every device
Royalty-Free Technologies

The Web as a Platform

Wide-scale interoperability
Consensus building
Tension between innovation and formalization
Timing is key

w3.org/join

Open to all
Critical to influence future of the Web
Great way to learn and meet

Mapping

Mapping Web Apps
using Web technologies for graphics: SVG, canvas, WebGL
using mashup capabilities
Additions to SVG2 for tiling and layering

Phone

Mobile, meet Web

Making the Web fit into mobile

© B. Hazael-Massieux

Web, meet Mobile

New needs
New usages
New competition

Geolocation

Geolocation API

Get or watch user’s position
Independent of geolocation technology
Latitude / Longitude / Altitude / Accuracy

New API?

Indoor
Geofencing

Compass

Orientation API

Access to device orientation changes

Accelerometer API

Acceleration 3 axis
Rotation speed 3 axis

Sensors

camera,
mike,
proximity,
light,
NFC,
temperature,
…

Demo

Augmented reality in the browser

Car

Automotive @ W3C

2013
Business Group
80+ participants
Working on an API

Points of Interest

XML format started at W3C
Now moving to OGC

Linked Data

Geo data
“Smart Open Data” EU project
Likely workshop in 2014

Web of Things

Webinos EU project
COMPOSE EU project

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