iPhone Safari to Support Geolocation, Google Latitude Demoed
How many times have you had to put in your Zip code in your browser to tell it where you are? Looking for restaurants? Bank branches? Auto repair shops? This can now be built into the browser.
This certainly hasn't been a secret to developers who were notified by Apple in March of the support:Safari also supports the Geolocation JavaScript classes, which work with the onboard location services to retrieve the current location of the device.
The possibilities, however, came to the forefront last week when Google demoed (via SlashGear) their Latitude location service on the iPhone through a web browser alone:Google said they will be launching the Latitude website for iPhone after the 3.0 OS is released.
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Is that the new iPhone? it looks like it.
There's a new iPhone coming out?
This is getting a bit tedious, front page updates on features that have been in the beta.
Is that the new iPhone? it looks like it.
It's just a new Safari Mobile version. It's been updated to Safari 4 webkit version, which supports a lot of the HTML5 stuff which includes the geolocation stuff. it'll also support the new Nitro JS engine that's in Safari 4, which means it'll be even faster than the 2.2.1 Safari Mobile, noticeable faster.
Is that the new iPhone? it looks like it.
I know what you're saying.... its falls in with the rumor the other day that the outer part of the new iPhone is black instead of chrome. I caught that too >_< maybe thats why they moved the phone out so quick haha
-Tony
Even in Firefox 3.5 beta 4, it's stunning how accurate the IP geolocator was! It found me down to the leasing office of my apartment on my street (living in an apartment complex, that's probably the best it can do).
Website: http://htmlfive.appspot.com
I just wish I could set Location Services: ON in the Settings>General menu and be done with it. Every app still seems to ask me if it's okay to use location settings.
That can be a good thing security-wise. Watching the video makes me think it could be a new iPhone or it could just be a prototype or an internal Google testing device.
It does look different. No chrome lining and it looks squarer.
also:
I tried this out today (well, the Google Maps, not Google Latitude) on my iPhone 3G with the iPhone 3.0 OS beta. It works great. The accuracy is the same as what you get with GPS (in fact, it uses GPS coordinates).
Even in Firefox 3.5 beta 4, it's stunning how accurate the IP geolocator was! It found me down to the leasing office of my apartment on my street (living in an apartment complex, that's probably the best it can do).
Website: http://htmlfive.appspot.com
what exactly did you try with google maps and os 3.0?
i just tried maps.google.com through safari but didnt find any way to use the location...any tips?
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