Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Geolocation API allows the user to provide their location to web applications if they so desire. For privacy reasons, the user is asked for permission to report location information. WebExtensions that wish to use the Geolocation object must add the "geolocation" permission to their manifest.
The Geolocation API uses cellular device data fields, cell tower data, and WiFi access point array data to return latitude/longitude coordinates and an accuracy radius. It accepts an HTTPS...
The Geolocation API is used to retrieve the user's location, so that it can for example be used to display their position using a mapping API. This article explains the basics of how to use it.
The HTML Geolocation API is used to get the geographical position of a user. Since this can compromise privacy, the position is not available unless the user approves it. Try It
The W3C Geolocation API is an effort by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to standardize an interface to retrieve the geographical location information for a client-side device. [3] It defines a set of objects, ECMAScript standard compliant, that executing in the client application give the client's device location through the consulting of ...
The HTML Geolocation API is used to get the geographical position of a user. Since this can compromise privacy, the position is not available unless the user approves it. Try It. Note: Geolocation is most accurate for devices with GPS, like smartphones.
The Geolocation interface represents an object able to obtain the position of the device programmatically. It gives Web content access to the location of the device. This allows a website or app to offer customized results based on the user's location.