Location Tracking Technologies

FileWave Location Tracking

The location reporting feature in FileWave is disabled by default. It is recommended that you; verify that this feature is per your organization’s policies and AUP (Acceptable Use Policy). Notify your end users before activating location reporting, as enabling the feature will prompt for permission to access location information. For details on how this works, look here: Location Tracking

Technologies used for Location Tracking

Location tracking technologies used will differ from client platform to client platform.

Maps used:

ThunderForest - https://www.thunderforest.com/

Client location detection methods:

On macOS/Windows - https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/location-positioning-cpp.html which tries different sources.
On Windows specifically - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/win32/api/locationapi/nf-locationapi-ilocation-getreportstatus
On iOS - The iOS API for location from Apple.
On ChromeOS - The Google API for location from Google.

Location Tracking