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In this chapter, you will examine the use of the device’s location sensors to retrieve location data and enable UWP apps that are location aware. Location awareness is a component of an overarching technology set commonly referred to as presence technology, which is used to deliver information about a given device’s physical location to apps that support reading this data. A device’s location is usually determined by one of three methods: via GPS satellite tracking, cellular tower triangulation, or by the device’s MAC address on a network. The accuracy of the location information depends on the source. The latitude and longitude may vary within the following ranges:
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Moemeka, E., Moemeka, E. (2015). Location and Mapping. In: Real World Windows 10 Development. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1449-7_8
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