Geolocation means the ability for websites to find out the user’s location, which is useful to many web applications on mobile devices. Many mobile phones allow websites to pinpoint¹ their location, and use that to display information about the surrounding area, show maps, points of interest, or find their closest friends.

 

Geolocation（地理定位）指网站用来确定用户所在位置的功能，该功能对于那些用于移动设备的网络应用程序尤其有用。很多网站都可以通过手机来确定用户所在的位置，然后据此显示用户所在地区周边的环境、地图、用户可能感兴趣的地方，或者找到离用户最近的朋友等等。

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