<s>
The	O
Location	B-Language
API	I-Language
for	I-Language
Java	I-Language
ME	I-Language
is	O
a	O
compact	O
and	O
generic	O
Java	B-Language
2	I-Language
ME	I-Language
API	B-Application
that	O
produces	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
device	O
's	O
present	O
physical	O
location	O
to	O
Java	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
API	B-Application
can	O
be	O
optionally	O
supported	O
by	O
mobile	O
phone	O
and	O
PDA	B-Application
manufacturers	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
minimum	O
Java	O
platform	O
required	O
for	O
this	O
API	B-Application
being	O
CLDC	B-Language
v1.1	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Location	O
API	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
under	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Community	I-Language
Process	I-Language
as	O
JSR	B-Language
179	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2003	O
and	O
updated	O
to	O
version	O
1.0.1	O
in	O
March	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	O
is	O
the	O
main	O
author	O
and	O
maintainer	O
of	O
this	O
JSR	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenLAPI	B-Language
is	O
an	O
LGPL	B-Application
implementation	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
emulator	O
environments	O
where	O
the	O
Nokia	O
reference	O
implementation	O
does	O
not	O
exist	O
and	O
for	O
devices	O
which	O
can	O
access	O
a	O
GPS	O
device	O
over	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Location	O
API	B-Application
is	O
designed	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
many	O
different	O
positioning	O
methods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
API	B-Application
supports	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Current	O
location	O
-	O
current	O
latitude	O
,	O
longitude	O
,	O
altitude	B-Application
,	O
direction	O
,	O
and	O
speed	O
of	O
the	O
phone	O
,	O
and	O
methods	O
to	O
convert	O
it	O
to	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Location	O
API	B-Application
does	O
not	O
support	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
aim	O
of	O
this	O
API	B-Application
was	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
common	O
API	B-Application
for	O
retrieving	O
the	O
location	O
information	O
on	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenLAPI	B-Language
supports	O
several	O
back-ends	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
many	O
providers	O
choose	O
not	O
to	O
implement	O
this	O
optional	O
JSR	B-Language
,	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
universality	O
has	O
still	O
not	O
happened	O
and	O
developers	O
are	O
often	O
required	O
to	O
create	O
custom	O
builds	O
for	O
different	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Location	O
API	B-Application
is	O
available	O
to	O
Java	O
applications	O
on	O
some	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
devices	O
,	O
recent	O
Motorola	O
and	O
Sony	O
Ericsson	O
devices	O
,	O
and	O
all	O
Nokia	B-Language
Series	I-Language
60	I-Language
3rd	O
Edition	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
