On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Jussi Kukkonen <[email protected]> wrote:
> arno wrote: > >> The basic needs are: >>> 1. We want to let users define their location manually, possibly from >>> several applications >>> 2. This manual input must be able to override other sources >>> (so users can correct wrong location info) >>> 3. we should "save" this manual info for later use >>> (based on MAC address, possibly other things) >>> 4. saved info must be easily modified/erased >>> >> >> I can see two other needs: >> >> * have a default position, which does not depend on the gateway or >> anything else. Ie: user wants its software to believe he is in position XY >> no matter where he really is. >> > > Hmm, I guess. I'm not convinced this sort of functionality should live in > "localnet" though (see below) > > > * set an accuracy: so user can tell: I'm not further than xx meters or >> kilometers from position XY. >> > > The Position input does need an accuracy, absolutely. With Address the > accuracy is pretty much implied... > > > I'm thinking here about web geolocation where websites can ask for >> location. For privacy reason, user may wish to give a wrong position or an >> inaccurate one. >> > > I see your point. I still think this "lying" should probably happen in the > application that sends the data to the web or if need be in a separate > "fake-location" provider. Most likely it would be in the application: you > wouldn't want your other position-reliant applications to get confused when > you're telling your twitter buddies you're in Bermuda :) > I think a 'default' location provider would be a very useful feature. This would allow the user to set or store a default location whether than be their home, work address or some random location in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. We could possibly have the option to set/store/retrieve that information from the 'about me' app in gnome/kde/random desktop through e-d-s so its easy to find and set and then possible fall back to a .config file for the user or similar. Peter
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