Gelocation is the identification of the real world geographic location of an internet-connected computer, mobile device, website visitor or other. IP address geolocation data can include information such as country, region, and city, postal/zip code, latitude, longitude and time zone..... Today most of the browsers and mobile devices support Geolocation API. The geolocation APIs work with a new property of the global navigator object i.e. Geolocation object which can be created as follows:
var location = navigator.geolocation;
Gelocation method:
- getCurrentPosition()
- watchposition()
- clearWatch()
The getCurrentPosition method retrieves the current geographic location of the user. The location information is returned in a position object. In this article I am trying to show you that how we can find out the user geographic location.
Code:
<script type="text/javascript">
function Location(position)//location function is defining with parameter
{
var latitude = position.coords.latitude; //Specifies the longitude estimate in decimal degrees. The value range is [-180.00, +180.00].
var longitude = position.coords.longitude;
document.getElementById("lati").innerHTML = latitude; //latitude value is defining in label element where id is lati
document.getElementById("longi").innerHTML = longitude;
}
function findLocation()
{
if (navigator.geolocation)//checking browser compatibility
{
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(Location);//getCurrentPosition method retrieve the current geographic location of the user
}
}
</script>
</head>
<html>
<body>
Latitude:<label id="lati"></label><br /><br />
Longitude:<label id="longi"></label><br /><br />
<input type="submit" onclick="findLocation();" value="Find Location" />
</body>
When button is clicked latitude and longituudeof the user will show on page as shown below:
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