Addition: Define units for accuracy (#162) · w3c/geolocation@a30d713 (original) (raw)

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1138 1138 according to the [[WGS84]] geodetic system, instead of just stating
1139 1139 "decimal degrees."
1140 1140 </aside>
1141 +<aside class="addition" id="a3">
1142 +<span class="marker">Candidate Correction:</span> To improve clarity
1143 + and precision, a description of the accuracy attribute has been added,
1144 + defining it as meters of radius.
1145 +</aside>
1141 1146 <p>
1142 1147 <del cite="#c3">The <strong>latitude</strong> and
1143 1148 <strong>longitude</strong> attributes are geographic coordinates
1144 1149 specified in decimal degrees.</del> <ins cite="#c3">The
1145 1150 <dfn>latitude</dfn> and <dfn>longitude</dfn> attributes denote the
1146 1151 position, specified as a real number of degrees, in the [[WGS84]]
1147 - coordinate system.</ins>
1152 + coordinate system.</ins> <ins cite="#a3">The <dfn>accuracy</dfn>
1153 + attribute denotes the position accuracy radius in meters.</ins>
1148 1154 </p>
1149 1155 </section>
1150 1156 <section>