The new charter for the Devices and Sensors Working Group adds maintenance of the existing Geolocation API (navigator.getCurrentPosition()) to its existing scope w3.org/2019/02/DeviceAPIChar…
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That group is already responsible for the maintenance of the Device Orientation API, which has recently got renewed attention in a tension between mitigation of privacy concerns & backwards compatibility
📢 The Web is abuzz about new Safari privacy settings: theverge.com/2019/2/5/182118… 💡 Meanwhile W3C group is engineering a privacy-preserving solution to keep motion-based web experiences from breaking: github.com/w3c/deviceorienta… Proud to lead this group that acts w/ a sense of urgency.
Feb 6, 2019 · 5:19 PM UTC
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They are also developing a new Geolocation API based on the Generic sensor framework
This new Geolocation API is designed to provide similar features to the well-known navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition() API but with a model aligned with the Generic Sensor API framework.
For input and contributions, head to the github repo github.com/w3c/geolocation-s…
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