Comments on: Getting the Browsers GeoLocation with HTML 5

By: Tony Homer

Tony Homer — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:56:10 +0000

Thanks again! Here is the StackOverflow post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2267513/using-navigator-geolocation-getcurrentposition-in-webview-on-android-2-0-phoneg

I ended up only posting code on StackOverflow and reference tha posting in the other places I solicited input.

By: Oliver Wehrens

Oliver Wehrens — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:02:26 +0000

@Tony, sure things go ahead. I’m happy I could help you with my post.

By: Tony Homer

Tony Homer — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:50:00 +0000

I’m writing to say thank you for the GeoLocation with HTML 5 page. I’ve been using it to test GeoLocation on several mobile devices. I’ve been having trouble getting GeoLocation working on the Verizon Droid in a WebView although it works fine in the default browser.

I’m planning on posting to several places (stackoverlow, android-beginners, a nitobi blog and digitaldandelion) with code that demonstrates the problem and would like permission to reference your page in these posts. Thank you.

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By: Elenana

Elenana — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:16:11 +0000

Nice article! There is one article which highlights the capabilities and constraints of both Wireless Geolocation (HTML 5 Geolocation API) and IP Address Geolocation at http://www.ip2location.com/html5geolocationapi.aspx .

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By: russdogg

russdogg — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:45:13 +0000

I just tested it on my iPhone 3G running the 3.0 software and it worked pretty well.

One thing to note: the first two times I tried it, the map on the test page “located” me about 8 blocks from where I actually was. I then opened the iPhone google map and hit the “locate” button which instantly zeroed in on my correct location. When I then checked your test page again, it now had the correct location.

Great test! I’m excited to see people take advantage of HTML 5.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:10:24 +0000

Hi Oliver,

Have you, or has anyone, tried this with an iPhone running the 3.0 OS?

As with the above commenter, it also acts flaky. Maybe there is a need for a delay before accepting that the device has truly found it’s location.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:22:06 +0000

I guess that’s true but I would bet this will a) improve and b) more devices will have GPS build in. I never played with Google Location Service to see how reliable it is (yet).