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GeoCoordinateWatcher Class

July 26, 2012

A provider class exposing the Windows Phone location service.

System.Object
System.Device.Location.GeoCoordinateWatcher

Namespace: System.Device.Location
Assembly: System.Device (in System.Device.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: Not mapped to an xmlns.

public class GeoCoordinateWatcher : IDisposable, 
	INotifyPropertyChanged, IGeoPositionWatcher<GeoCoordinate>

<GeoCoordinateWatcher .../>

The GeoCoordinateWatcher type exposes the following members.

	Name	Description
	GeoCoordinateWatcher()	Instantiates a new instance of the GeoCoordinateWatcher class with the DesiredAccuracy value of Default.
	GeoCoordinateWatcher(GeoPositionAccuracy)	Instantiates a new instance of the GeoCoordinateWatcher class with the provided DesiredAccuracy value.

	Name	Description
	DesiredAccuracy	The desired accuracy for data returned from the location service.
	MovementThreshold	The minimum distance that must be travelled between successive PositionChanged events.
	Permission	The application’s level of access to the location service.
	Position	The most recent position obtained from the location service.
	Status	The status of the location service.

	Name	Description
	Dispose()	Releases managed and unmanaged resources used by the GeoCoordinateWatcher and stops the acquisition of data from the location service.
	Dispose(Boolean)	Releases unmanaged resources and optionally releases the managed resources used by the GeoCoordinateWatcher and stops the acquisition of data from the location service.
	Equals	(Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Releases unmanaged resources and performs other cleanup operations before the GeoCoordinateWatcher is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Overrides Object.Finalize().)
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	(Inherited from Object.)
	OnPositionChanged	Raises the PositionChanged event.
	OnPositionStatusChanged	Raises the PositionChanged event.
	OnPropertyChanged	Raises the PropertyChanged event for the GeoCoordinateWatcher class.
	Start()	Starts the acquisition of data from the location service.
	Start(Boolean)	Starts the acquisition of data from the location service.
	Stop	Stops the acquisition of data from the location service.
	ToString	(Inherited from Object.)
	TryStart	Attempts to start the acquisition of data from the location service. If the provided timeout interval is exceeded before the location service responds, the request for location is stopped and the method returns false.