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<link type="guide" xref="geolocation#geoloc"/>
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Understanding geolocation.
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<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-19" status="review"/>
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<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-19" status="review">
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<e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-09-09" status="deferred"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Milo Casagrande</name>
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<email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
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<name>Proyecto de documentación de GNOME</name>
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<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
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<title>What is geolocation</title>
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With <em>geolocation</em> it is intended the possibility to identify the real
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geographical position of a computer or a device connected to the Internet.
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<p>Geolocation allows you to identify the real geographical location of a
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computer or a device connected to the Internet.</p>
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With geolocation in <app>Empathy</app> you can:
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Publish your geographical position to your contacts.
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See your contacts geographical position and quickly contact them.
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Set the accuracy of your position and the device used to discover your
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Publish your geographical location to your contacts.
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See your contacts’ geographical location and quickly contact them.
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Set the accuracy of your location and the device used to discover your
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In order to see your contacts geographical position, they need to use a
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service and an application that support geolocation.
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In order to see your contacts’ geographical locations, they need to use a
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service and an application that supports geolocation.