geolocation

Getting the location from an IP address [closed]

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Good way of getting the user’s location in Android

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The problem: Getting the user’s current location within a threshold ASAP and at the same time conserve battery. Why the problem is a problem: First off, android has two providers; network and GPS. Sometimes network is better and sometimes the GPS is better. By “better” I mean speed vs. accuracy ratio. I’m willing to sacrifice … Read more

navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition sometimes works sometimes doesn’t

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So I have a pretty simple bit of JS using the navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition jammy. $(document).ready(function(){ $(“#business-locate, #people-locate”).click(function() { navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(foundLocation, noLocation); }); navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(foundLocation, noLocation); function foundLocation(position) { var lat = position.coords.latitude; var lon = position.coords.longitude; var userLocation = lat + ‘, ‘ + lon; $(“#business-current-location, #people-current-location”).remove(); $(“#Near-Me”) .watermark(“Current Location”) .after(“<input type=”hidden” name=”business-current-location” id=’business-current-location’ value=””+userLocation+”” />”); $(“#people-Near-Me”) .watermark(“Current … Read more

Getting visitors country from their IP

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I want to get visitors country via their IP… Right now I’m using this (http://api.hostip.info/country.php?ip=…… ) Here is my code: <?php if (isset($_SERVER[‘HTTP_CLIENT_IP’])) { $real_ip_adress = $_SERVER[‘HTTP_CLIENT_IP’]; } if (isset($_SERVER[‘HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR’])) { $real_ip_adress = $_SERVER[‘HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR’]; } else { $real_ip_adress = $_SERVER[‘REMOTE_ADDR’]; } $cip = $real_ip_adress; $iptolocation = ‘http://api.hostip.info/country.php?ip=’ . $cip; $creatorlocation = file_get_contents($iptolocation); ?> Well, it’s … Read more

How to get a time zone from a location using latitude and longitude coordinates?

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Given the latitude and longitude of a location, how does one know what time zone is in effect in that location? In most cases, we are looking for an IANA/Olson time zone id, although some services may return just a UTC offset, or some other time zone identifier. Please read the timezone tag info for … Read more

Calculate distance between 2 GPS coordinates

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How do I calculate distance between two GPS coordinates (using latitude and longitude)? 31 Answers 31 Calculate the distance between two coordinates by latitude and longitude, including a Javascript implementation. West and South locations are negative. Remember minutes and seconds are out of 60 so S31 30′ is -31.50 degrees. Don’t forget to convert degrees … Read more

How do I get the current GPS location programmatically in Android?

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I need to get my current location using GPS programmatically. How can i achieve it? 23 s 23 I have created a small application with step by step description to get current location’s GPS coordinates. Complete example source code is in Get Current Location coordinates , City name – in Android. See how it works: … Read more

What is the simplest and most robust way to get the user’s current location on Android?

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The LocationManager API on Android seems like it’s a bit of a pain to use for an application that only needs an occasional and rough approximation of the user’s location. The app I’m working on isn’t really a location app per se, but it does need to get the user’s location in order to display … Read more