Core Location
E209896
Core Location is an Apple framework that provides location and heading services to apps, enabling them to determine a device’s geographic position and related location data.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Core Location canonical | 3 |
| CLBeaconRegion | 1 |
| CLLocationManager | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1892408 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Core Location Context triple: [visionOS, includesFramework, Core Location]
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A.
Apple Maps
Apple Maps is Apple's proprietary mapping and navigation service that provides turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic data, and location search across Apple devices.
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B.
HealthKit framework
HealthKit framework is an Apple software framework that enables apps to securely access, store, and share users’ health and fitness data on iOS devices.
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C.
Geolocation API
Geolocation API is a Google Maps web service that determines a device’s approximate location using nearby cell towers, Wi-Fi nodes, and other network-based signals instead of GPS.
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D.
Maps Platform Mobile SDKs
Maps Platform Mobile SDKs are Google’s software development kits that enable developers to integrate interactive maps, location services, and related geospatial features into mobile applications on platforms like Android and iOS.
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E.
Find My iPhone
Find My iPhone is an Apple service that lets users locate, lock, or erase their lost or stolen iOS devices remotely.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Core Location Target entity description: Core Location is an Apple framework that provides location and heading services to apps, enabling them to determine a device’s geographic position and related location data.
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A.
Apple Maps
Apple Maps is Apple's proprietary mapping and navigation service that provides turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic data, and location search across Apple devices.
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B.
HealthKit framework
HealthKit framework is an Apple software framework that enables apps to securely access, store, and share users’ health and fitness data on iOS devices.
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C.
Geolocation API
Geolocation API is a Google Maps web service that determines a device’s approximate location using nearby cell towers, Wi-Fi nodes, and other network-based signals instead of GPS.
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D.
Maps Platform Mobile SDKs
Maps Platform Mobile SDKs are Google’s software development kits that enable developers to integrate interactive maps, location services, and related geospatial features into mobile applications on platforms like Android and iOS.
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E.
Find My iPhone
Find My iPhone is an Apple service that lets users locate, lock, or erase their lost or stolen iOS devices remotely.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apple framework
ⓘ
software framework ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| documentationURL | https://developer.apple.com/documentation/corelocation ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
Apple Maps
ⓘ
Background App Refresh ⓘ HealthKit framework ⓘ
surface form:
HealthKit
HomeKit framework ⓘ
surface form:
HomeKit
MapKit ⓘ |
| mainClass |
Core Location
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
CLBeaconRegion
CLCircularRegion ⓘ CLGeocoder ⓘ CLHeading ⓘ CLLocation ⓘ Core Location self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
CLLocationManager
CLRegion ⓘ CLVisit ⓘ |
| partOf |
Apple developer tools
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple developer SDK
|
| platform |
iOS
ⓘ
iPadOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ tvOS ⓘ watchOS ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
Objective-C
ⓘ
Swift ⓘ |
| provides |
altitude information
ⓘ
background location updates ⓘ beacon ranging ⓘ beacon region monitoring ⓘ course and speed information ⓘ deferred location updates ⓘ floor level information ⓘ geocoding services ⓘ heading services ⓘ location services ⓘ region monitoring ⓘ reverse geocoding services ⓘ significant location change monitoring ⓘ visit monitoring ⓘ |
| requires | user authorization for location access ⓘ |
| supports |
GPS-based positioning
ⓘ
Wi‑Fi-based positioning ⓘ barometer-based altitude ⓘ cell-tower-based positioning ⓘ geofencing ⓘ indoor positioning (limited) ⓘ magnetometer-based heading ⓘ |
| supportsAuthorizationMode |
always location authorization
ⓘ
when-in-use location authorization ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fitness and activity tracking
ⓘ
geotagging content ⓘ location-based advertising ⓘ location-based reminders ⓘ proximity-based experiences with beacons ⓘ turn-by-turn navigation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Core Location Description of subject: Core Location is an Apple framework that provides location and heading services to apps, enabling them to determine a device’s geographic position and related location data.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
CLLocationManager
this entity surface form:
CLBeaconRegion