How to determine location of user/phone using plain SMS ?
how to know user location via sms from server without any applications installed in mobile ...
geolocation
Using google maps API, how can we set the current location as the default set location using map.setCenter function?
I am writing JavaScript code using Google Maps API. map = new google.maps.Map2(document.getElementById("map_canvas")); map.setCenter(new google.maps.LatLng(37.4419, -122.1419), 13); The above code sets the default location of the map canvas to Palo Alto. How can we write the script in such a way that the setCenter function automatic...
Does iPhone SDK have a trip duration API?
Does iPhone have a trip duration API or is the only option to use google's getDuration()? Thanks. ...
Save UIWebView Access to Current Location
A UIWebView in my app is loading up a site that is requesting access to the user's location. In Safari, it stores this preference and does not ask it again, but in my app, it continues to ask every time. Is there a way to store the user's preference on this so they are not asked every time they use the app? ...
Should the website switch language based on IP address or browser language?
Geo-location has been used most by Websites to do redirection, but I have found that several IP addresses locate a country which has using several languages. Meantime, some users prefer to using the language setup in their system. For example, a person from United States goes to Japan and using the Internet connection from there to surf...
IP address detection for geo-location or MAC address much secure?
Recent study many websites are using geo-location technology on their Websites. I'm planning to implement one website which can be detect the web visitor more accurate. An found that Mozilla is using some kind of detect MAC address technology in their Geo-Location web service. Is it violate some privacy issue? I believe most of Geo-loc...
Getting Base Station Information in Android
Hello Everyone! Is there anyway to get the base station and/or cellId information of the subscriber in Android? ...
Why would I need simplegeo?
I'm building a simple location-based service where users find out stuff near them based on their positions. I've heard a lot about simplegeo but can't seem to figure out where exactly I'll need their service. Their website doesn't seem to help too as far as product description is concerned. Can anyone enlighten me as to how the fit in? ...
why Geocoder.getFromLocationName(...) returns an empty list?
I'm using the android.location.Geocoder for the first time. The Idea is: I have a Listener on a button which takes input from an EditText and resolve the location. Up to now it's debugging phase, so I have no handler taking messages from the thread, only geocoding and write to logcat. Q: Why this method always returns an empty list of Ad...
Google Maps Geocoding API - country biasing, bizarre results
I'm connecting to the Google Maps API from PHP to geocode some starting points for a rental station locator application. Those starting points don't have to be exact addresses; city names are enough. Geocoding responses with an accuracy equal to or grater than 4 (city/locality level) are used as starting points, and the surrounding rent...
Where do Firefox and Chrome (etc.) get their Geolocation data from?
Recently, I've begun to see the geolocation API at work in my browsers. The crazy thing is, they're the most accurate Geolocation I've ever had. I live in va and most other geolocation services make it look like i live in new jersey or chicago. So whre do these browsers get this data? ...
How can I figure out a users postal code if I have their latitude / longitude location? Need help writing a query.
I'm using HTML5 geolocation to collect the users lat / long and I need to figure out what their postal code is as well. I have a database of all the lat / long for each postal code in the US & Canada. How can I write a query to find out what their postal code is? Below, is an example of how the data is structured in the 'zips' table. ...
Is Geo API limited to businesses in US only
Can someone help with the info whether GeoAPI is limited to locate businesses within US only? Looked around in their documentation but could not locate it. The limitation I found was for 20k query per key. But nothing related to businesses location limitation. OR Is there any other API that allows to locate businesses around the world?...
geofencing algorithm
i have got a latitude and longitude of a point... i want to get all the readings of latitude and longitude with in a particular radius... is there any methods to calculate all laltitudes and longtiudes with in a radius with respect to a given point?...can u help me ...
Using Google Maps API, how do I restrict accuracy when reverse geocoding?
I would like to limit the accuracy of a call to GClientGeocoder.getLocations so that it only returns results with accuracy of say 0 to 3, that is from unknown to sub-region. The idea is to find the rough area in which the user clicked. ...
How do I get the time when the Location has been updated in Android?
As you know we can get thast Last Known Location, but how do we get the time when that has changed? ...
Get list of surrounding buildings based on coordinates from open database on Web
I would like to get a list of well-known buildings(museums, castles etc..) within X meters radius of the current coordinate. I would like to query them in PHP. Do you know any such database that can be queried? ...
How can I check for GPS support in-App to add a feature for those with Location services enabled?
How can I check for GPS support in-App to add a feature for those with Location services enabled? My concern is, I know I'd have to specify the tag in the manifest to declare that the app uses location services, but I still want the app to function for those without. I just want to check and, if the service is available, use it; otherw...
Is there already a known algorithm that does the same as mine? Geolocation/people proximities
I am writing my Bachelor thesis about a Dynamic Carpooling service. It uses air-to-air distances, as I could not find resources to have a system using maps and routings. I am interested to know if there already exists an algorithm that does the same as mine. I know that my algorithm is very simple. I just would like to know if I have re...
How do I create a geo-tagged event feed?
What is the most standards compliant way to make a geo-tagged event feed that is also consumable by Google Maps? ...