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Where can one obtain an open source or licensable database of latitudes and longitudes for various cities?
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The iPhone supports geolocation in mobile Safari via the following call:
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(
function(pos){
var lat = pos.coords.latitude;
var long = pos.coords.longitude;
},
function(){
/* Handler if location could not be found */
}
);
I'd like to build…
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Here's my situation; I've built a very simple web app that looks up a users location and plots it on a Google map.
Here's my code: http://pastebin.com/d3a185efd
When I test it, my location is detected as being = 500 meters from where I actually stand.
BUT
When I open up Google Maps or Gowalla…
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When trying to get geolocation on iPhone the first time - I declined.
Every other time I want to get the location (before another reload of the page) I get no response (no error and no success):
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(
function (location) {
ig_location.lat = location…
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I am looking for a good geolocation api to use from bash. I want this call to return at the very minimum the name of the city I am in, and the state.
I imagine that there must be some site I can curl, or some scripting language that has a package that works. The machine does not have a GPS, but it…
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I just tested Geolocation on Firefox 3.6 and iPhone Safari (os 3.1.3), the result is interesting, firefox is more accurate than safari. any one got idea how to make iPhone Safari result more accurate.
this is the code for testing:
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(handler, {enableHighAccuracy:…
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