Javier Fernández

A Coruña (Spain), 1977

I have been working at Igalia since January 2003, and people usually call me JaviF (Javi Fisterra) or jfernandez.

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Javier Fernández 01/10/2010

GeoClue and Meego: QTMobility

As you probably know, GeoClue is part of the Meego architecture as the Geolocation component. However, current plans are using the QTMobility API for UI applications and defining GeoClue as one of the available backends. The QTMobility software implements...

Javier Fernández 28/09/2010

GeoClue and Meego: Connman support

As promised, GeoClue now supports Connman as the connectivity manager module for acquiring network based location data.This step has been essential to complete the integration of GeoClue in the Meego architecture. Check the patch if you want to know the...

Javier Fernández 06/08/2010

GeoClue and Meego

As most of you probably know, GeoClue is the default component of the GeoCLue architecture for supporting Geolocation services. The geoclue packages are installed by default in both, Netbook and Handset Meego SDK environments. I’ve been playing a...

Javier Fernández 03/08/2010

GUADEC experiences

After spending the last week attending the GUADEC, it’s time to share some thoughts and impressions. The warm-up days were not such bad after all; some networking, hacking face-to-face with people you only know from irc or email. Also, some...

Javier Fernández 15/07/2010

Geolocation unit tests for WebKit using GeoClue

As you probably know, the WebKit project is focused on the implementation of  an open source web browser engine. Support for the W3C Geolocation API is available since 2008 and GeoClue was the selected choice for the WebKitGtk+ port implementation. Since...