Geolocation API part 2

Using HTML Geolocation



The Geolocation API’s main method is getCurrentPosition, which retrieves the current geographic location of the user's device.navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition();
Parameters:
showLocation (mandatory): Defines the callback method that retrieves location information.
ErrorHandler(optional): Defines the callback method that is invoked when an error occurs in processing the asynchronous call.
Options (optional): Defines a set of options for retrieving the location information.
You need to be familiar with basic JavaScript in order to understand and use the API.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Drag&Drop API

Making Elements Draggable The drag and drop feature lets you "grab" an object and drag it to a different location. To make an element draggable, just set the  draggable  attribute to true: <img draggable =" true " /> Any HTML element can be draggable. The API for HTML5 drag and drop is event-based. Example: <!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <script> function allowDrop(ev) { ev.preventDefault(); } function drag(ev) { ev.dataTransfer.setData("text", ev.target.id); } function drop(ev) { ev.preventDefault(); var data = ev.dataTransfer.getData("text"); ev.target.appendChild(document.getElementById(data)); } </script> </head> <body> <div id="box" ondrop ="drop(event)" ondragover ="allowDrop(event)" style="border:1px solid black; width:200px; height:200px"></div> <img id="image" src="sample...
Read more