So there's no way, currently, to dynamically extract the lat/long? On May 30, 2:42 am, Michael Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 andlatitudefrom the > >>> iphone's gps and post it via safari?
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