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!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] or [Internet Protocol Address Location] refers to identifying the real-world geographic location of an [Enity].
[Geolocation] can be used to refer to the practice of assessing the location, or it can be used to refer to the actual assessed location or locational data.
Several different methods may be used alone or combined to perform [{$pagename}]. Some of the methods are:
* [GPS]
* [GLONASS]
* [Internet Protocol Address Location]
* [Wi-Fi Positioning System]
* [Mobile Network Positioning System]
[{$pagename}] can be performed by associating a geographic location with:
* the [Internet Protocol Address]
* [MAC Address]
* [RFID]
* hardware embedded article/production number
* embedded software number (such as [UUID], Exif/IPTC/XMP or modern steganography)
* [Wi-Fi Positioning System]
* device [GPS] coordinates
* or other, perhaps self-disclosed, information.
[{$pagename}] may prove beneficial as one [factor|Authentication Factor] in a [Multi-Factor Authentication] strategy. However, since many [geolocation] software currently produces usable results only for land-based or wired communications, it may not be suitable for some wireless networks that can also access the Internet such as cellular/digital telephones.
[{$pagename}] may refer to the practice of assessing the location, or to the actual assessed location.
[{$pagename}] is closely related to the use of positioning systems but may be distinguished from it by a greater emphasis on determining a meaningful location (e.g. a street address) rather than just a set of geographic coordinates.
[Mobile Device] [{$pagename}] data collection where the data is not derived from satellite but from the [Mobile Networks]' cells/transmitters. There is a lower precision here than GPS but it is still capable of siting a device (or person) to within a few hundred yards or less.
Mobile devices, whether they are [IOS], [Android] or [Microsoft Windows], are highly capable of transmitting [{$pagename}] data. Many apps rely on this data for revenue generation and targeting of ads; and both Google and Apple make use of the mass of data being acquired from mobile devices.
[Wi-Fi Positioning System] is often used yo enhance or when [Internet Protocol Address Location].
!! More Information
There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:
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* [#1] - [Geolocation|Wikipedia:Geolocation|target='_blank'] - based on data observed:2015-05-18
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