Comments on: Location APIs: The Discussions http://ajaxian.com/archives/location-apis-the-discussions Cleaning up the web with Ajax Thu, 17 May 2012 07:43:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Unfocused http://ajaxian.com/archives/location-apis-the-discussions/comment-page-1#comment-263612 Unfocused Fri, 09 May 2008 03:11:31 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=3635#comment-263612 This is great and all, and I can imagine various different uses for such an API.... but how many average users actually have a GPS receiver in their computer/laptop/PDA/smartphone? More of the high-end smartphones are getting GPS receivers, but its still far from becoming common place. This is great and all, and I can imagine various different uses for such an API…. but how many average users actually have a GPS receiver in their computer/laptop/PDA/smartphone? More of the high-end smartphones are getting GPS receivers, but its still far from becoming common place.

]]> By: Fredrik http://ajaxian.com/archives/location-apis-the-discussions/comment-page-1#comment-263573 Fredrik Thu, 08 May 2008 17:55:50 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=3635#comment-263573 Has anyone tried the GpsGate web services? http://gpsgate.com/index.php?id=68 Its a very similar approach, it can access both a locally connected GPS (if running the gpsgate client) and position-feeds from any GpsGate Server. As said, would be interesting to discuss a unifying api. Implementing at least parts of your proposal as a gpsgate-wrapper would be quite possible today. Ajaxian features a post about it aprx six months ago also: http://ajaxian.com/archives/gpsgate-access-gps-location-information-through-javascript / Fredrik @ GpsGate.com Has anyone tried the GpsGate web services?
http://gpsgate.com/index.php?id=68

Its a very similar approach, it can access both a locally connected GPS (if running the gpsgate client) and position-feeds from any GpsGate Server. As said, would be interesting to discuss a unifying api. Implementing at least parts of your proposal as a gpsgate-wrapper would be quite possible today.

Ajaxian features a post about it aprx six months ago also:
http://ajaxian.com/archives/gpsgate-access-gps-location-information-through-javascript

/ Fredrik @ GpsGate.com

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