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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
  type="topic"
  id="geolocation-turn">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="geolocation#geoloc"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="geolocation-privacy"/>
    <desc>
      How to activate and deactivate geolocation in <app>Empathy</app>.
    </desc>
    <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-19" status="review"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
      <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
    </credit>
    <copyright>
      <year>2009</year>
      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
    </copyright>
    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
  </info>

  <title>Activate/Deactivate geolocation</title>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>
        Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui></guiseq>.
      </p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
        Select the <gui>Location</gui> tab.
      </p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
        Select <gui>Publish location to my contacts</gui> to activate geolocation.
      </p>
      <p>
        To deactivate geolocation, deselect it.
      </p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
        To increase the accuracy of your position, deselect
        <gui>Reduce location accuracy</gui>.
      </p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
        If you have an external device like a GPS or want to send a more accurate
        position, select the appropriate option in the <gui>Geoclue Settings</gui>
        section. 
      </p>
    </item>
  </steps>

</page>