Thanks Peter, Great information. I'm really hoping Apple will expose some key API's via Javascript but I guess we will have to wait for the DevCon for confirmation.
Regards, Michael. On 29 May 2008, at 23:12, Peter Blazejewicz wrote: > > hi, > @Michael > There won't be a way to use native apps and native services with > safari unless exposed via javascript. (Everything based on SDK Event > keynote, so not under NDA). If you will use Safari as web view in > native application than you can use location api. If you do not have > native application then certainly some native application can launch > Safari browser and navigate to some page. > You don't need Google Maps native app now to show some location and > even directions. Google has just released "maplets" map api which lets > you use google maps to show locations, directions, etc (more features > then in yahoo static images): > http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/staticmaps/ > and there are plenty of free geo apis services (to let you get geodata > for some postcode or lat/long even using javascript injection > communcation - so this won't have to use server side proxy), > > regards, > Peter > > On May 28, 6:31 pm, Michael Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> GPS is not built in to initial phones (rumoured for the next release) >> but Apple use another mechanism (triangulation) to identify the >> phone's location. >> >> I too would like to know if there is anyway to leverage this and pass >> theese value into safari. >> >> For example magine I have an app that has some postcode data. I can >> use the google maps link to show the location of this postcode but >> what I would really like is to be able to display directions to this >> address from where the phone is currently located....hence the need >> to >> get the current location at that moment. >> >> Anyone any thoughts? Is it possible to get the google maps "Locate >> Me" >> to return co-ordinates as opposed to a map? >> >> Thanks, M. >> >> On 28 May 2008, at 13:59, yaofong wrote: >> >> >> >>> I and my friend planning to build an app for our final year project. >>> In iphone SDK I found that there is some framework related to GPS. >> >>> Is it possible to get the value of longtitude and latitude from the >>> iphone's gps and post it via safari? > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iPhoneWebDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
