Location Services - HP Pre3 User Manual

Location Services

The Location Services application allows you to control the sending of
information about your location to websites and applications that request
it.
Manage location information passed to websites
A website might request your current location so it can provide you with
information that is relevant to where you are. For example, a weather site
might require your location so it can let you know the weather forecast for
your area.
1 Open Location Services
2 If required, tap Turn On
3 You can set Location Services to always ask your permission to send
your location to a website when the site requests this information, or
you can set it to never share your location with any website. The
current setting is displayed in the For Websites field. To change the
setting, tap the current setting and then select the other option from
the displayed list.
4 To clear all location data currently in use by websites, tap
Location Data and then tap Clear.
Manage location information passed to applications
An application might request your current location so it can provide you
with information that is relevant to where you are. For example, Maps
might use your current location to provide driving directions to a
destination.
1 Open Location Services
2 If required, tap Turn On
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GPS.
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GPS.
3 Select one of the following in the For Applications field:
Auto Locate:
Always Ask:
You choose whether to allow this for the current session only.
4 Select
Geotag Photos:
Geotag Photos is on, photos are tagged with the latitude and
longitude of the location in which they were taken.
DID YOU KNOW
common use of the geotag data is in online photo services like Photobucket and
desktop apps like Google Earth, which use the data to position the photo as a
thumbnail on a map.
Background Data Collection:
is on (see
Data Collection is on, anonymous location data is collected from
your smartphone. This data is used to improve the quality of location
services.
Turn location service providers on/off
Clear My
Location Services provides access to two location service providers—GPS
and Google Services. At least one of these must be turned on for Location
Services to be enabled. Both of them can be turned on at the same time.
1 Open
2 To turn GPS on/off, open the
Using, and tap GPS.
GPS, which is turned on by default, is a radio technology that uses
line-of-sight communication with satellites orbiting the earth. GPS is
very accurate for turn-by-turn directions and for pinpointing your
location when you are outside and have a clear view of the sky.
Applications can automatically identify your location.
Applications display a request to identify your location.
On or Off for any of the following:
Available only when Auto Locate is selected. When
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The geotag data is stored as an Exif tag in the photo file. A
Available only when Google Services
Turn location service providers
Location Services .
application
on/off). When Background
menu, tap Locate Me