How to force Geolocation to ON even if turned off?

Bradley Rogers 116 Reputation points
2023-01-09T20:51:39.007+00:00

Using VS2022 C# Winforms app there is a need to try and get more precise location. There is equipment the user leases and if there is a way to do better than 7 miles or?

I can use fallback to consentless position in the code and that gives at least a rough location, perhaps the city, but its important to know where the equipment is thats connected to the Win10 machine. GPS is an option but its indoors and a fix isnt always easy.

This would basically be something where the winform app starts, when it connects to the equipment it would then seek the location.

Documentation usually says make sure local laws about privacy are followed, yes, absolutely thats one factor. The goal is just to know where the equipment is at when its being used so another possibility is that I know the IP of each machine, is there a way that I can simply use that from my system with a cloud service?

Its more of a matter of tracking the equipment location, something only enabled once its connected to the devices. And it has to be fully compliant with all local laws related to privacy.

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  1. IoTGirl 2,976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2023-01-12T20:13:27.0466667+00:00

    I think you are saying that you already have something like [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/managed-desktop/deploy/device-location] set up but the granularity is not good? Does the hardware not have GPS? Can you offer more detail?

    For the IP reverse lookup you could try opening Bing.com/maps on the device and see what location that gets as a centerpoint.

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