From d20ed0c81e2b87eec956e631949c1f478fb476a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Malte Franken Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 23:26:51 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] introduction to new geo location component with demo platform (#6094) --- source/_components/demo.markdown | 1 + source/_components/geo_location.markdown | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 source/_components/geo_location.markdown diff --git a/source/_components/demo.markdown b/source/_components/demo.markdown index f1c25737208..5f25f13646c 100644 --- a/source/_components/demo.markdown +++ b/source/_components/demo.markdown @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Available demo platforms: - [Climate](/components/climate/) (`climate`) - [Cover](/components/cover/) (`cover`) - [Fan](/components/fan/) (`fan`) +- [Geo Location](/components/geo_location/) (`geo_location`) - [Image Processing](/components/image_processing/) (`image_processing`) - [Light](/components/light/) (`light`) - [Lock](/components/lock/) (`lock`) diff --git a/source/_components/geo_location.markdown b/source/_components/geo_location.markdown new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..2990c019514 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_components/geo_location.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +--- +layout: page +title: "Geo Location" +description: "Instructions on how to integrate geo location aware platforms into Home Assistant." +date: 2018-08-27 08:00 +sidebar: true +comments: false +sharing: true +footer: true +ha_category: Other +ha_release: "0.78" +--- + +Geo Location aware entities are typically related to events in the real world in the vicinity of Home Assistant's location, like for example weather events, bush fires or earthquakes. + +Entities can have associated geo location coordinates (latitude and longitude) so that they are displayed on the map. The distance from the entity's coordinates to Home Assistant's location can be used for filtering.