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3 id="geolocation-what-is">
6 <link type="guide" xref="geolocation#geoloc"/>
7 <link type="seealso" xref="geolocation-supported"/>
9 Understanding geolocation.
11 <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-19" status="review"/>
12 <credit type="author">
13 <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
14 <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
18 <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
20 <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
23 <title>What is geolocation</title>
26 With <em>geolocation</em> it is intended the possibility to identify the real
27 geographical position of a computer or a device connected to the Internet.
30 With geolocation in <app>Empathy</app> you can:
35 Publish your geographical position to your contacts.
40 See your contacts geographical position and quickly contact them.
45 Set the accuracy of your position and the device used to discover your
53 In order to see your contacts geographical position, they need to use a
54 service and an application that support geolocation.