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W3C Geolocation

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Andy Pemberton
Andy Pemberton

This document summarizes the W3C Geolocation API specification, which provides a JavaScript API for accessing geographical location information in a web browser. It allows websites to get the user's location using getCurrentPosition() and watchPosition(), and clear location monitoring using clearWatch(). The specification details the features and how it works, and provides references to learn more about using reverse geolocation and where the technology is headed.

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HTML 5 Geolocation Wait, I mean W3C Geolocation Andy Pemberton,
navigator.geolocation getCurrentPosition(successCallback, errorCallback, options); watchPosition(successCallback, errorCallback, options); clearWatch(in long watchId);
The Speci?cation ? A JavaScript API that provides ¡°scripted access to geographical location information¡± ? http://dev.w3.org/geo/api/spec-source.html ? Features
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A few other thoughts... ? How does this work? ? What about IE... ? Reverse geolocation ? www.andypemberton.com/geo/reverse.html
Where¡¯s this headed?
References ? http://dev.w3.org/geo/api/spec-source.html ? http://www.andypemberton.com/geo/ ? http://isithackday.com/hacks/geo/distance.php twitter.com/apemberton

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Editor's Notes

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  • #3: Who had heard of w3c geolocation before today?\nWritten code? Using it on a production site?\n
  • #4: Get end users’ lat / long\nRequest push updates\nAccuracy\nSecurity baked into spec\n
  • #5: Anybody seen this site? What about the little circle?\nAlso in use on Flickr, Google home page (for mobile), Travelocity\n
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  • #8: maxmind - http://www.maxmind.com/app/ip-location\n
  • #9: rssi = Received signal strength indication\nBssId = Basically the Mac address of your WAP (notably not the SSID)\n
  • #10: Pretty cool; interesting impacts...\neCommerce : sell better\nCMS products: generally target better content\nCMS, WCM, web engagement vendors\n example: Omniture test & target\n example: Drupal\n http://drupal.org/project/html5_user_geolocation\n http://drupal.org/project/geolocation\n http://drupal.org/project/context_geoip\n\n
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