The invention relates to a user location capability opening method and device. In the method, when a first interface calling request which is sent by a user and used for being butted with a location platform is received at an interface of a capability opening platform, the request can be transmitted to a first capability assembly corresponding to the location platform; then the first capability assembly can send the request to a corresponding interface of the location platform based on a corresponding protocol according to an application scene of the request, receives location data required tobe obtained by the request at the corresponding interface and then sends the data to the user through the interface of the capability opening platform in the form of a first interface calling response. In the method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the capability opening platform can provide the interface of the location platform for a third party to call, so that the third party canexecute a series of application operations by using the location data provided by the location platform.