<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/" type="topic" style="task" id="geolocation-turn"> <info> <link type="guide" xref="geolocation#geoloc"/> <link type="seealso" xref="geolocation-privacy"/> <desc> How to activate and deactivate geolocation in <app>Empathy</app>. </desc> <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-19" status="review"> <!-- <e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-09-09" status="deferred"/> --> </revision> <credit type="author"> <name>Milo Casagrande</name> <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email> </credit> <license> <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p> </license> <!-- <copyright> <year>2009</year> <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name> </copyright> <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> --> </info> <title>Activate/Deactivate geolocation</title> <steps> <item> <p> Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui></guiseq>. </p> </item> <item> <p> Select the <gui>Location</gui> tab. </p> </item> <item> <p> Select <gui>Publish location to my contacts</gui> to activate geolocation. </p> <p> To deactivate geolocation, deselect it. </p> </item> <item> <p> To increase the accuracy of your position, deselect <gui>Reduce location accuracy</gui>. </p> </item> <item> <p> If you have an external device like a GPS or want to send a more accurate position, select the appropriate option in the <gui>Location sources</gui> section. </p> </item> </steps> </page>