These objects include scripting objects, for working with location information. The Windows Location API, which is built on the Windows Sensor API, provides a set of programming objects. The Windows Sensor API provides a set of methods, properties, and events to work with connected sensors and sensor data. Windows provides a standard way for sensor devices to connect to the computer and to provide data to other subsystems. The Windows sensor and location platform consists of the following developer and user components:

Some of these sensor types are software based, such as an IP resolver that provides location information based on an Internet address, a cellular phone tower triangulator that determines location based on nearby towers, or a sensor that determines location from the presence of Wi-Fi networks. The Location category could include other sensor types. In Windows, a GPS is a kind of sensor that is part of the Location category. By now, most people are familiar with global positioning systems (GPS). Location devices comprise one especially interesting category. Device manufacturers can create new categories and types by defining and publishing new GUIDs, when it is required. In code, Windows represents categories and types by using globally unique identifiers (GUIDs), many of which are predefined. For example, a sensor in a video game controller that detects the position and movement of a player's hand (perhaps for a video bowling game) would be categorized as an Orientation sensor, but its type would be 3-D Accelerometer. The sensor and location platform organizes sensors into categories, which represent broad classes of sensor devices, and types, which represent specific kinds of sensors. Also, a single hardware device can contain multiple sensors. Although we typically think of sensors as hardware devices, logical sensors can also provide information through emulation of sensor functionality in software or firmware. Sensors come in many configurations and, from a certain perspective, almost anything that provides data about physical phenomena can be called a sensor. This section summarizes the Windows sensor and location platform, discusses the various parts of the platform, and describes how the pieces work together to provide a comprehensive system for working with sensors. At the same time, the platform gives developers a standardized API and device driver interface (DDI) to work with sensors and sensor data. As part of this support, the platform provides a standard way for device manufacturers to expose sensor devices to software developers and consumers. This support includes location sensors such as GPS devices. The Windows operating system provides native support for sensor devices.

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