[jdev] XEP-0080: adding location source information

[Peter Saint-Andre]

On 2/16/10 11:14 AM, Ilya Braude wrote:
> 
> Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
>> On 2/13/10 7:03 AM, Tuomas Koski wrote:
>>> On 10 February 2010 22:44, Ilya Braude <ilya at drakontas.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> In the end we would have something like this, right? :
>>>
>>> <geoloc xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/geoloc' xml:lang='en'>
>>>  <source>GPS</source>
>>>  <lat>45.44</lat>
>>>  <lon>12.33</lon>
>>> </geoloc>
>>> <geoloc xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/geoloc' xml:lang='en'>
>>>  <source>Open Street Map</source>
>>>  <text>Marcon, Venezia, Veneto, Italy</text>
>>>  <country>Italy</country>
>>> </geoloc>
>>>     
>>
>> Do we have two things here, a source type (e.g., GPS) and the name of
>> the provider?
>>   
> 
> That's a good point.  For example if a user is using geode to generate
> lat/lon based on visible wifi access points, we could have something like:
> 
> <geoloc xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/geoloc' xml:lang='en'>
> <source>wifi</source>
> <provider>geode</provider>
> ...
> </geoloc>
> 
> 
> Otherwise, placing 'geode' in the source element would mask the actual
> location source.
> 
> Same thing for other providers like Fire Eagle, etc.

That's how it seems to me. :)

Peter

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