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    Hi,

    I want to get silently the GPS location of the visitor of my website by email. This website would be accessed on smartphones (Windows Phone, Android, iPhone) those are equipped with high sensitivity GPS receivers.

    These are the two main objectives:

    1. The visitors should NOT get any notification about sharing their location when they visit the website using IE, Safari, Chrome.
    2. I should get the GPS location WITHOUT installing any external apps.

    I need it only for smartphones users, not for computers/laptops; and any Microsoft tool can be used for it (Silverlight/ASP.NET etc.)

    Thanks


    Tuesday, June 2, 2015 5:24 AM

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    Try Dave's suggestion, but I'm not sure if you're going to be able to do this reliably.

    Also, I'd be extremely annoyed (and would never visit the site again) if I found out that a site I visited stole my location data without my consent.

    Just my opinion, but I imagine many share it. You might want to consider that before attempting this.

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    • Proposed as answer by Just Karl Tuesday, June 2, 2015 2:52 PM
    • Marked as answer by shakeelsoft Thursday, June 4, 2015 12:00 PM
    Tuesday, June 2, 2015 1:35 PM
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    No. Geolocation access isn't a privacy violation. Silent Geolocation access, which is what you are asking, is.

    Any browser allowing your requirement #1 to be made possible is in violation of the security section of W3C Geolocation spec. 


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    Friday, June 5, 2015 5:17 PM

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    Might try over here.

    https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/windowsapps/en-us/home?category=windowsapps

     

     

     

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    • Proposed as answer by Mike Laughlin Tuesday, June 2, 2015 1:35 PM
    Tuesday, June 2, 2015 9:39 AM
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    Try Dave's suggestion, but I'm not sure if you're going to be able to do this reliably.

    Also, I'd be extremely annoyed (and would never visit the site again) if I found out that a site I visited stole my location data without my consent.

    Just my opinion, but I imagine many share it. You might want to consider that before attempting this.

    Don't retire TechNet! - (Don't give up yet - 13,225+ strong and growing)

    • Proposed as answer by Just Karl Tuesday, June 2, 2015 2:52 PM
    • Marked as answer by shakeelsoft Thursday, June 4, 2015 12:00 PM
    Tuesday, June 2, 2015 1:35 PM
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    By the way, "Where I am" is the feature in Google Maps/ Bing Maps to know the user's location. Does it not violate user's privacy?

    Thursday, June 4, 2015 12:02 PM
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    No. Geolocation access isn't a privacy violation. Silent Geolocation access, which is what you are asking, is.

    Any browser allowing your requirement #1 to be made possible is in violation of the security section of W3C Geolocation spec. 


    Visual C++ MVP


    Friday, June 5, 2015 5:17 PM