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Hi there,
I was reading on API guide on Windows.Devices.Geolocation https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/api/Windows.Devices.Geolocation?view=winrt-22621.
It mentioned that device will estimate a position from beacons like Wi-Fi access points and cell towers.
My question is that, does device uses any beacons from available Wi-Fi access points or only uses the beacons from Wi-Fi access point its connected with, similar to cell tower?
Thanks,
Yin
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Hi @rawcy ,
Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!
I did some research about this, but I didn't find any information about this.
I will need to talk with the team to dig further about this.
There might be some time delay. Thank you for your patience in advance.
Thank you,
Junjie
HI Junjie, could you provide more details how device getting the location service from the nearby wireless access points?
Hello @rawcy ,
Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!
Sorry for the delay, just got a reply from the team.
The devices use any beacons from all available Wi-Fi access points.
This document Windows location service and privacy describes how positioning works.
When the device location setting is enabled, the Microsoft location service will use a combination of global positioning service (GPS), nearby wireless access points, cell towers, and your IP address to determine your device’s location.
Thank you.
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thanks for sharing the link but it does not provide any details on how the device collecting the location information from the nearby wireless access points? - the access point does announce the country code in the beacon frame as far as I know, what about the city, or street?
Or I can ask my question differently, what level of granularity of location does window device can get based only on nearby wireless access points, and what's requirement in terms of configuration needed on the Access Point?
/Yin
