<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/" type="topic" id="geolocation-what-is"> <info> <link type="guide" xref="geolocation#geoloc"/> <link type="seealso" xref="geolocation-supported"/> <desc> Understanding geolocation. </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>What is geolocation</title> <p>Geolocation allows you to identify the real geographical location of a computer or a device connected to the Internet.</p> <p> With geolocation in <app>Empathy</app> you can: </p> <list> <item> <p> Publish your geographical location to your contacts. </p> </item> <item> <p> See your contacts’ geographical location and quickly contact them. </p> </item> <item> <p> Set the accuracy of your location and the device used to discover your location. </p> </item> </list> <note style="tip"> <p> In order to see your contacts’ geographical locations, they need to use a service and an application that supports geolocation. </p> </note> </page>