Chapter 14. Making your HTML location-aware
The Geolocation application programming interface (API) provides an interface with device location information such as latitude and longitude; you can use the Geolocation API to make your applications location-aware. Imagine creating an application that enables the user to enter favorite information, such as where to drink coffee or shop for computers. As the user gets close to a favorite place such as a coffee shop or a computer store, the device displays a map with the location. Maybe the coffee shop could provide incentives to motivate the user to stop by for a quick cup of coffee.
The API is generic enough to interface with many underlying location information sources such as the Global Positioning ...
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