Can iPhone web apps get GPS position?

Question

Can iPhone web apps request and get the GPS position or do you need to use full-blown apps for this?

Answer 1

Google Latitude seems to be able to access the GPS from a web app.

http://www.google.com/latitude/intro.html

Answer 2

Yes, you can access it via Javascript.

It's called GeoLocation and it's supported from firmware 3.0. You can see an example here.