Last Calls: Geolocation API Specification Level 2; DeviceOrientation Event

The Geolocation Working Group has published two Last Call Working Drafts: Geolocation API Specification Level 2 and DeviceOrientation Event Specification. The former defines a high-level interface to location information associated only with the device hosting the implementation, such as latitude and longitude. The API itself is agnostic of the underlying location information sources. Common sources of location information include Global Positioning System (GPS) and location inferred from network signals such as IP address, RFID, WiFi and Bluetooth MAC addresses, and GSM/CDMA cell IDs, as well as user input.

The DeviceOrientation Event Specification defines several new DOM events that provide information about the physical orientation and motion of a hosting device.

Comments are welcome on both specifications through 15 January. Learn more about the Ubiquitous Web Applications Activity.