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get current latitude and longitude from gps enabled device

I would like to get the latitude and longitude of current location from gps enabled mobile device right from the web browser. May I know is this possible? how to do it? does it require geolocation api? Some coding example would be helpful. Thanks.

Solution

  • Use the HTML5 Geolocation API, here's the official spec and examples.

    EDIT

    I've updated my answer to include current browser support.

    W3C Geolocation API support

    Firefox 3.5+
Safari 5.0+
Chrome 5.0+
Opera
iPhone 3.0+
Android 2.0+

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    Other phones not listed above use Gears or their own, platform-specific APIs.

    Ahh, will we ever have just one single API? :)

    Many thanks to Mark Pilgrim for his awesome post.