WG Revision: Geolocation

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Specification

https://www.w3.org/TR/2025/REC-geolocation-20250818/

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https://www.w3.org/TR/geolocation/#introduction

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The WG's request for this TAG review: Prepare spec as Last Call for Review of Proposed Amendments w3c/geolocation#188
TAG review of the previous version of this specification, if any: Geolocation API #529
A description of what has changed since our previous review: https://...#section

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The following additions were made:

The specification

Follows the Web Platform Design Principles.
Includes Security and Privacy Considerations sections based on answers to the Security/Privacy Questionnaire.

Where and by whom is the work is being done?

GitHub repo: Self-Review Questionnaire for Geolocation: Security and Privacy w3c/geolocation#191
Primary contacts:
- Marcos Cáceres (@marcoscaceres ), Apple, co-editor
- Reilly Grant (@reillyeon), Google, co-editor
Organization/project driving the specification: it's a joint deliverable of the Devices and Sensors Working Group and the Web Applications Working Group
This work is being funded by: W3C
Primary standards group developing this feature: it's a joint deliverable of the Devices and Sensors Working Group and the [Web Applications Working Group]
Incubation and standards groups that have discussed the design:
DAS WG, WebApps WG

Feedback so far

Active horizontal reviews: Geolocation 2025-09-01 > 2025-10-02 w3c/security-request#100, Geolocation 2025-09-01 > 2025-10-02 w3cping/privacy-request#172, Geolocation 2025-09-01 > 2025-10-02 w3c/i18n-request#273, Geolocation W3C Recommendation 2025-08-18 > 2025-08-18 w3c/a11y-request#123
Multi-stakeholder feedback: Geolocation is widely supported by all major browsers.
Major unresolved issues with or opposition to this specification:
Status/issue trackers for implementations:

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