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First Public Working Draft of Geolocation API

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Published:: 27 May 2021

The Devices and Sensors Working Group has re-published the Geolocation API as a First Public Working Draft. The Geolocation API provides access to geographical location information associated with the hosting device.

The specification has been updated to reflect numerous privacy and security improvements made by implementers since last publication in 2016. The specification includes a list of substantive changes since last publication.

The Working Group welcomes comments via the GitHub repository issues.

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