Elisabeth Robson

The GeoLocation API

Posted in Blog, Technology, Tutorial, Video by Elisabeth on May 10, 2011

The GeoLocation API is one of the new JavaScript APIs that most modern browsers support, including mobile browsers. It’s not officially part of the HMTL5 standard (yet), but it’s often mentioned as a new HTML5 feature. The API is small and easy to use; the main function is to get your location as a latitude and longitude for placing a marker on a map.

In this video, you’ll learn the basics of the GeoLocation API: how to get your current location. And you’ll also learn how to use the Google Maps API to turn that location into a marker on a map in a Web page.

Let me know if you have any feedback or create your own GeoLocation-enabled Web pages!

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  1. Skoezie said, on November 10, 2011 at 11:55 am

    nice & simple. Thanks. This was where i was looking for.

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