# 🧭 Location Component

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/location-component/10976>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [June 16, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/location-component/10976 "2020-06-16T20:49:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/location-component/10976/9 "2020-06-17T00:33:21Z")

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I’m guessing the intention is to make the user aware that their location is being obtained, so it’s a switch as opposed to automatically obtaining the location behind the scenes like the special values do.

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