Add Feature Policy integration for the Geolocation API

[raymeskhoury]

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[raymeskhoury]

I'm not necessarily expecting this to be merged, but posting for reference.

cc @marcoscaceres

[marcoscaceres]

Thanks for the heads-up on this... maybe of interest to @anssiko, who has the WICG GeoSensor proposal.

[anssiko]

As you probably know, the Geolocation Working Group is now closed, and as such the Geolocation API spec is not maintained anymore. Per the announcement:

Further maintenance around the Geolocation documents is expected to happen with the Device and Sensors Working Group.

To that end, work recently started to incubate a Generic Sensor-based Geolocation Sensor, with a plan to add it to the Device and Sensors Working Group's revised Charter after the incubation period.

Feature Policy integration is a Level 2 feature for the Generic Sensor API, tracked in w3c/sensors#133 I encourage @raymeskhoury or @clelland to submit a Feature Policy integration patch for the Generic Sensor API instead. The group just recently closed it last Level 1 issue, and is now looking at Level 2 features and I feel this particular issue would be a good first Level 2 issue to address.

The Geolocation Sensor spec (as well as other Generic Sensor-based concrete sensors) will get Feature Policy integration via the Generic Sensor API when we address w3c/sensors#133

Cc Generic Sensor API editors @alexshalamov @pozdnyakov

[plehegar]

No action needed at this point. Feel free to reopen if you think otherwise.

[anssiko]

Good cleanup. For the record:

This feature is now specified in the Geolocation Sensor https://w3c.github.io/geolocation-sensor/ (a next-gen Geolocation API if you will).

The Geolocation Sensor is now a deliverable of the Devices and Sensors WG. A CfC was issued just days ago to publish a FPWD of that spec: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-device-apis/2018Aug/0005.html

Feature Policy integration is defined in the Generic Sensor API Candidate Rec (and currently shipping in Chrome). The Geolocation Sensor inherits related Generic Sensor API infra and uses https://www.w3.org/TR/permissions/#dom-permissionname-geolocation token for Feature Policy integration.