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7 </script><link href="../PRODUCT_PLUGIN/book.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/><link href="css/s60/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all"/></head><body onload="initPage();"><div class="body"><div class="contentLeft prTxt"><h1 class="pageHeading" id="GUID-4DDE31C7-EC0D-4EEC-BC3A-A0B0351154F8">Accessing |
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8 device location information</h1><div> |
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9 <p>The <a href="GUID-53CE4DE6-F065-4339-8C18-5C30A9540053.html#GUID-53CE4DE6-F065-4339-8C18-5C30A9540053">Location |
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10 Service API</a> allows <span>widgets</span> to retrieve information about |
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11 the physical location of a device and to perform calculations based on location |
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12 information. You can use the Location Service to create <span>widgets</span> that |
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13 provide location-based services (LBS). For example, you can create <span>widgets</span> that:</p> |
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14 <ul> |
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15 <li><p>Provide directions to a destination, for example the nearest |
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16 restaurant</p></li> |
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17 <li><p>Monitor the locations of snow-plowing vehicles</p></li> |
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18 <li><p>Calculate distances between geographical locations</p> |
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19 </li> |
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20 </ul> |
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21 <p>The Location Service relies on the GPS capabilities of the device to |
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22 provide location information. If the device does not include or is not connected |
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23 to a positioning system, the service cannot provide such information.</p> |
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24 <div><h3>Accessing the API and supported methods</h3> |
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25 <p>To create a <a href="GUID-04095E9A-50E7-4E5F-BD6F-71DA281A0080.html#GUID-04095E9A-50E7-4E5F-BD6F-71DA281A0080">service |
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26 object</a> for the Location Service API, use <code>Service.Location</code> to |
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27 identify the service provider and <code>ILocation</code> to identify |
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28 the supported interface:</p> |
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29 |
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30 <pre class="codeblock" id="GUID-AB3999E2-E092-4AD6-A1B3-B601877521F6">var so = device.getServiceObject("Service.Location", "ILocation");</pre> |
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31 <p>The <code>ILocation</code> interface provides the following |
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32 methods:</p> |
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33 <ul> |
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34 <li><p><a href="GUID-150E440F-56E4-4249-8739-A5A7A2050600.html#GUID-150E440F-56E4-4249-8739-A5A7A2050600"><code>GetLocation()</code></a></p> |
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35 |
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36 <p>Use the <code>GetLocation()</code> method to retrieve the current |
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37 location of the device.</p> |
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38 |
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39 </li> |
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40 <li><p><a href="GUID-7A0190CB-545E-48D2-BAF0-D28E03CDFCA5.html#GUID-7A0190CB-545E-48D2-BAF0-D28E03CDFCA5"><code>Trace()</code></a></p> |
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41 |
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42 <p>Use the <code>Trace()</code> method to retrieve periodic updates |
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43 about the current location of the device.</p> |
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44 |
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45 </li> |
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46 <li><p><a href="GUID-DBEE8177-7246-4FEE-A0F1-D6AEEA6EA206.html#GUID-DBEE8177-7246-4FEE-A0F1-D6AEEA6EA206"><code>Calculate()</code></a></p> |
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47 |
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48 <p>Use the <code>Calculate()</code> method to perform mathematical |
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49 calculations based on a source location and a target location.</p> |
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50 |
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51 </li> |
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52 <li><p><a href="GUID-7A466B60-88DD-4A3A-B64C-E7300D42DA56.html#GUID-7A466B60-88DD-4A3A-B64C-E7300D42DA56"><code>CancelNotification()</code></a></p> |
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53 |
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54 <p>Use the <code>CancelNotification()</code> method to cancel an |
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55 ongoing asynchronous call. This method is valid for any asynchronous call |
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56 made through the Location Service API.</p> |
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57 |
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58 </li> |
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59 </ul> |
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60 </div> |
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61 <div><h3>Using the service in a widget</h3> |
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62 <p>To access location information using the Location Service API:</p> |
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63 <ol> |
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64 <li id="GUID-09408614-B079-437A-BF7C-1580105906C1-GENIDd0e8097"><a name="GUID-09408614-B079-437A-BF7C-1580105906C1-GENIDd0e8097"><!----></a><p>Create a service |
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65 object for the API using <a href="GUID-04095E9A-50E7-4E5F-BD6F-71DA281A0080.html#GUID-04095E9A-50E7-4E5F-BD6F-71DA281A0080"><code>device.getServiceObject()</code></a>.</p> |
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66 </li> |
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67 <li id="GUID-C7877560-C290-4E7D-980C-D65D50DC5B4A-GENIDd0e8106"><a name="GUID-C7877560-C290-4E7D-980C-D65D50DC5B4A-GENIDd0e8106"><!----></a><p>Define the |
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68 tasks you want to perform and choose the correct methods for them.</p> |
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69 </li> |
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70 <li id="GUID-C4DFB650-8BAD-4947-AE25-74DFCD52229C-GENIDd0e8111"><a name="GUID-C4DFB650-8BAD-4947-AE25-74DFCD52229C-GENIDd0e8111"><!----></a><p>Optionally, |
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71 define how you want the results filtered.</p></li> |
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72 <li id="GUID-03590B36-FFCA-4E39-A781-92080EE16B34-GENIDd0e8115"><a name="GUID-03590B36-FFCA-4E39-A781-92080EE16B34-GENIDd0e8115"><!----></a><p>Define methods |
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73 for processing the results.</p></li> |
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74 <li id="GUID-B7AF643B-5587-40D5-A423-0EAF4D3A8DFF-GENIDd0e8119"><a name="GUID-B7AF643B-5587-40D5-A423-0EAF4D3A8DFF-GENIDd0e8119"><!----></a><p>Retrieve the |
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75 location information using the methods defined in step 2. Use asynchronous |
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76 methods together with <a href="GUID-C7C3B541-8D28-4DC6-9003-ECF57F26C608.html#GUID-C7C3B541-8D28-4DC6-9003-ECF57F26C608"><code>callback()</code></a>.</p> |
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77 </li> |
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78 <li id="GUID-76B47850-874B-4F80-9440-DB7E2A2B9477-GENIDd0e8128"><a name="GUID-76B47850-874B-4F80-9440-DB7E2A2B9477-GENIDd0e8128"><!----></a><p>Process the |
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79 results with the methods defined in step 4.</p></li> |
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80 </ol> |
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81 <p>For the complete source of a sample widget that demonstrates how to |
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82 use this service, see <a href="GUID-620340F8-F844-445E-80AA-71C757320B7E.html#GUID-620340F8-F844-445E-80AA-71C757320B7E">the full example</a>.</p> |
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