Top "Geolocation" questions

Geolocation is the identification of the real-world geographic location of an object, such as a cell phone or an Internet-connected computer terminal.

geolocation without requesting permission

Ive noticed that modern html5 based geolocation always asks the user "do you want to share your location with this …

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Bearing from one coordinate to another

I implemented the "bearing" formula from http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html. But it seems highly inaccurate - …

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Android: How to get location information from intent bundle extras when using LocationManager.requestLocationUpdates()

I am trying to use Android's LocationManager requestLocationUpdates. Everything is working until I try to extract the actual location object …

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watchPosition() vs getCurrentPosition() with setTimeout

I need to determine a person's location within 50m. I'm wondering if I should use navigator.location.watchPostion() or call …

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Does Google offer an API that I can use to get the location of my phone?

My smartphone reports my location to Google (to G+ and to the Android Device Manager). I'd like to read that …

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Get country from coordinates?

How to get country name in Android, If are known geo coordinates? How to make it the simplest way?

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UnicodeDecodeError: 'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0x81 in position 49: character maps to <undefined>

I am creating a certain function that can give me information regarding the ISS (International Space Station) and a given …

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Converting lat/long to JTS?

I am trying to integrate hibernate spatial with JPA for Geo searches. I have been referencing the tutorial on the …

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CLGeocoder returning error : The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCLErrorDomain error 8.)

I am calling this function once I get the addressString: [[self geocoder] geocodeAddressString:addressString completionHandler:^(NSArray *placemarks, NSError *error) { if (…

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Ruby Geolocation Gem/Plugins

What are the available (best) ruby IP-based geolocation gem/plugins? How do they compare to one another in terms of …

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