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  • W3C Geolocation API - Wikipedia
    • The most common sources of location information are IP address, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth MAC address, radio-frequency identification (RFID), Wi-Fi connection location, or device Global Positioning System (GPS) and GSM/CDMA cell IDs.
  • Location information server - Wikipedia
  • Global Positioning System - Wikipedia
    • The GPS concept is based on time and the known position of GPS specialized satellites.
    • The satellites carry very stable atomic clocks that are synchronized with one another and with the ground clocks.
    • Each GPS satellite continuously transmits a radio signal containing the current time and data about its position.
  • GPS navigation device - Wikipedia
    • A GPS navigation device, GPS receiver, or simply GPS is a device that is capable of receiving information from GPS satellites and then to calculate the device's geographical position.
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