Chapter 7. USER LOCATION
Creating a location-based website requires a starting point. Sometimes this point comes as data from your database or from your site's focus on a small geographic area. Even in these cases, you can benefit from knowing a user's location.
You can retrieve this information in a number of ways, which I'll cover in this chapter. The methods vary in complexity and accuracy. In some cases, you'll need to make a simple call in JavaScript. In others, you'll install a database so your server can determine the location.
Finding a user's location also depends on how much permission you need from him or her. An IP address, for example, ...
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