What i need is the lat/long of the client(via browser)
Found some articles on the net,found some in stack overflow itself(an old article) Get GPS location from the w
Try HTML5 geolocation
function init() {
var mapOptions = {
zoom: 8,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
};
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map-canvas'),
mapOptions);
if(navigator.geolocation) {
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function(position) {
var pos = new google.maps.LatLng(position.coords.latitude,
position.coords.longitude);
var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({
map: map,
position: pos,
content: 'Location found using HTML5.'
});
map.setCenter(pos);
}
} else {
alert('Geolocation not detected');
}
}
The user can be located by using following ways:-
The Best option will be to use options 2,3.4 together, You can do that in two steps:-
For various options available for this see the answer of this question
This is HTML code to trace the device(Browser/Mobile) location .Just save the above file as .html extension and browse it from any browser on your system or Mobile ,it will display the user current location.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
<title>Reverse Geocoding</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var geocoder;
if (navigator.geolocation) {
var location_timeout = setTimeout("geolocFail()", 10000);
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function(position) {
clearTimeout(location_timeout);
var lat = position.coords.latitude;
var lng = position.coords.longitude;
geocodeLatLng(lat, lng);
}, function(error) {
alert("inside error ");
clearTimeout(location_timeout);
geolocFail();
});
} else {
alert("Turn on the location service to make the deposit");
// Fallback for no geolocation
geolocFail();
}
function geolocFail(){
alert("Turn on the location service to make the deposit");
document.write("Turn on the location service to make the deposit");
}
/*if (navigator.geolocation) {
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(successFunction, errorFunction);
}
//Get the latitude and the longitude;
function successFunction(position) {
var lat = position.coords.latitude;
var lng = position.coords.longitude;
codeLatLng(lat, lng)
}
function errorFunction(){
alert("Geocoder failed");
} */
function initialize() {
geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
}
function geocodeLatLng(lat, lng) {
var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(lat, lng);
geocoder.geocode({'latLng': latlng}, function(results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
console.log(results)
if (results[1]) {
//formatted address
var add= results[0].formatted_address
alert(add);
//city data
//alert(city.short_name + " " + city.long_name)
} else {
alert("No results found");
}
} else {
alert("Geocoder failed due to: " + status);
}
});
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="initialize()">
</body>
</html>
Here is geolocation described:
http://www.w3schools.com/htmL/html5_geolocation.asp
The lat/lng can then be reverse-geocoded to find the country, address. etc.
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/geocoding-reverse
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/map-geolocation . simply click on javascript+html and copy the code into an html file.