GPS-enabled smartphones make it easy to get directions, weather, and many more location based services since they automatically know where you are. With Geosense , you can bring this functionality to any Windows 7 computer even if it doesn't have a GPS chip. Windows 7 introduced the new Sensors and Location platform that would let Windows automatically respond to environmental changes sensed by light, orientation sensors, or GPS chips. This makes your computer more aware of its surroundings and enable it to change itself accordingly.
The location platform is especially interesting, as it brings the potential of automatic location based search and maps to your PC. Unfortunately, most laptops today are not equipped with GPS chips. Thanks to Geosense, however, you can still use the location platform. Geosense uses IP lookup, Wi-Fi and Cell tower triangulation, and more to find your location as accurately as possible.
Geosense lists itself as a sensor in the Windows Sensors and Locations, so once you've installed it, all location-aware applications and services will be able to pick up your location from it.
Geosense is a free download for Windows 7, with both 32 and 64 bit editions. If it is not an invasion of your privacy what is the WWW site you are attempting to use so we can try it here. When a site requests that information and if you allow it, your browser will send your IP address to the site and some other things and the WWW site will attempt to geolocate you so it can offer you suggestions that are close to your location - like if you are ordering a pizza you would like to see the locations that are closest to you.
This is not the same as hardware location sensors that might be built into the hardware on your system of unspecified make and model and if your system does not have these hardware location sensors from Control Panel you would see a message like this:.
Keeping in mind that we can't see what you are seeing the instruction in this link will tell you how to include a screenshot in your replies:. How to include a screenshot in your post. This includes support for location sensors, such as GPS devices. As part of this support, the Windows Sensor and Location platform provides a standard way for device manufacturers to expose sensor devices to software developers and consumers. At the same time, the platform gives developers a standardized API and device driver interface DDI to work with sensors and sensor data.
Sensors come in many configurations and, from a certain perspective, almost anything that provides data about physical phenomena can be called a sensor. Although we typically think of sensors as hardware devices, logical sensors can also provide information through emulation of sensor functionality in software or firmware. Also, a single hardware device can contain multiple sensors.
The Windows Sensor and Location platform organizes sensors into categories , which represent broad classes of sensor devices, and types , which represent specific kinds of sensors. For example, a sensor in a video game controller that detects the position and movement of a player's hand perhaps for a video bowling game would be categorized as an Orientation sensor, but its type would be 3-D Accelerometer.
In code, Windows represents categories and types by using globally unique identifiers GUIDs , many of which are predefined. Device manufacturers can create new categories and types by defining and publishing new GUIDs, when it is required. Note: You must have at least one sensor installed before you can change user settings for sensors. Under Sensor , from the list, click the sensor that you want to change user settings for.
Under Access , select the check box next to each user name to provide access, or clear the check box next to each user name to remove access, and then click OK. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. Programs can use information from a sensor after it's enabled. You can enable or disable sensors that are installed on your computer in Location and Other Sensors in Control Panel.
Disabling a sensor doesn't turn it off. Some programs may still access information from a sensor when it's disabled. Once a sensor is enabled, by default, all users and programs on your computer can access information from it. The first time a program or a service accesses your computer's location from a sensor, Windows will temporarily display the Location and Other Sensors icon in the notification area.
Select the check box next to the sensor that you want to enable, or clear the check box to disable the sensor, and then click Apply. Check the information that came with your sensor or go to the sensor manufacturer's website.
After you've installed a sensor, you must enable it. This allows programs to access information from the sensor. In the search box, type sensor s , and then click Location and Other Sensors.
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