Rob, Thanks for pointing out that limitation, and especially for including the link to the article w/ javascript for getting the current position on the Blackberry! My client says Google has an application running now on iPhone that can locate itself without GPS. I'll see if I can get smarter about how iPhone might handle that.
paul -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 12:09 PM To: Gears Users Subject: [gears-users] Re: Commercial project: Seeking a GEARS GeoLocation API developer Gears doesn't currently support iPhones or Blackberries. It would be a good solution for the supported Windows Mobile/Android devices, though. For Blackberries, you can get the current position via the blackberry.position javascript object (http://www.tonybunce.com/ 2008/05/08/Blackberry-Browser-Amp-GPS.aspx). I don't know if iPhone supports a similar method of getting position via javascript. rob On Mar 11, 1:31 pm, porwig <[email protected]> wrote: > I represent a client who has asked me to find a developer for their > commercial project. They are looking for a developer who has > experience working with the GEARS GeoLocation API. Here are the high > level requirements they have given me for this project: > > A: Write a web application which will run on "most" mobile devices > with a screen such as blackberry, iphone, etc. > B: Launch a web page and display a Google map with a "Find Me" button. > C: When the "Find Me" button is clicked on, the web application would > use the GEARS Geolocation API to retrieve a lat/long of the mobile > device's current location. > D: The mobile device's lat/long and phone number will be reported to a > web server through an AJAX like interface. > > Does this project seem feasible for a GEARS GeoLocation API solution? > If not is there a better solution for this project? > > Please respond to me by email ( [email protected]) if you are > interested in working on this project. > > Thanks, > > Paul Orwig
