Location Tracking Technologies
FileWave Location Tracking
The location reporting
feature
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How FileWave obtains and displays location
FileWave requests location through the operating system or platform service available on each managed device. The platform decides which sources are available and how precise the reported location can be.
TechnologiesMap used for Location Tracking
Location tracking technologies used will differ from client platform to client platform.
Maps used:display
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ThunderForestFileWave-displays reported coordinates with map data fromhttps://www.thunderforest.com/Thunderforest.
ClientPlatform location detection methods:sources
macOS
OnandmacOS/WindowsWindows:-The FileWave Client uses platform positioning sources throughhttps://doc.qt.io/qt-5/location-positioning-cpp.htmlQt Positioningwhich tries different sources..Windows:
OnAvailable sources are exposed through the Windows Location API and Windowsspecificallyprivacy-https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/win32/api/locationapi/nf-locationapi-ilocation-getreportstatuscontrols.OniOS-andTheiPadOS:iOSAppleAPICoreforLocation supplies the locationfromallowedApple.by the device and user permissions.On ChromeOS - TheChromeOS: GoogleAPIlocationforservices supply the locationfromavailableGoogle.to the managed Chromebook.