Geolocation API for Firefox, Chrome and other browsers
I see that the World Wide Web Consortium (www.w3.org) has a draft specification for making available quite a bit of Geolocation information about a user to the web sites they are visiting. The draft spec is available for viewing at dev.w3.org/geo/api/spec-source.html and it defines your last position, your current position, a server-specified "watch position" which I presume would trigger something on the web page you are visiting, your latitude and longitude, your altitude, heading and velocity.
This is not all new, but by making it a new standard for browsers, it will no doubt increase the use and awareness of Geolocation, and I have no doubt that it will improve the user experience.
But it also points to an increased need for Geospoofing functionality to give you the option to "take cover" sometimes.
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