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# Location

### Required Phonegap plugins

cordova-plugin-geolocation

## API Documentation

### Method Summary

#### getCurrentPosition

Returns the device's current position to the successCallback callback with a Position object as the parameter. If there is an error, the errorCallback function is passed a PositionError object.

**Params**

| Type     | Name            | Summary                                                                    | Required |
| -------- | --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
| Function | successCallback | on success callback                                                        | Optional |
| Function | errorCallback   | on error callback                                                          | Optional |
| Object   | options         | Options {maximumAge: Number, timeout: Number, enableHighAccuracy: Boolean} | Optional |

#### watchPosition

Add a watcher to keep track of the GPS position. As the device moves the watcher will send this information back to the successCallback callback with a Position object as the parameter. If there is an error, the errorCallback function is passed a PositionError object.

**Params**

| Type     | Name               | Summary                                                                    | Required |
| -------- | ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
| Function | onWatchSetCallback | on success callback (gets a watcherID)                                     | Optional |
| Function | successCallback    | on success callback                                                        | Optional |
| Function | errorCallback      | on error callback                                                          | Optional |
| Object   | options            | Options {maximumAge: Number, timeout: Number, enableHighAccuracy: Boolean} | Optional |

#### clearWatch

Remove an existing watcher which will disable tracking of location.

**Params**

| Type   | Name    | Summary           | Required |
| ------ | ------- | ----------------- | -------- |
| Number | watchId | watchID to remove | Optional |

## Example Usage

```javascript
//watch when location changes.
var options = { enableHighAccuracy: true }
plugins.svyphonegapLocation.watchPosition(null, getLocationSuccess, getLocationFail, options);

/**
 * Callback when location is acquired
 * @properties={typeid:24,uuid:"14E1CB25-B697-47B0-A9A6-F52B0050EF39"}
 */
function getLocationSuccess(pos) {	
	//send location to google map component named 'map')
	elements.map.latitude = pos.coords.latitude;
	elements.map.longitude = pos.coords.longitude;	
        //clear watch once location found
	plugins.svyphonegapLocation.clearWatch();
}

```


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