Hi Rusty, Infochimps is actually working on products that do exactly this, and don't require location sharing to be turned on. We're in early development, so I'd love to find out more about what you need -- will send an offline email.
If anyone else is also interested, please get in touch. flip On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Brandtley McMinn <[email protected]>wrote: > There is a new geo-location API that is part of the HTML5 technology set > that browsers use to determine your position and can then be used to deliver > specific content if that is what you're referring to? > > It's easily interfaced with JavaScript and largely based on latitude and > longitudinal values, so if you defined a "radius" that encompasses the > coordinates that their device returns, then you can trigger a flag and > deliver content that is targeted to them. The only drawback is that the > browser usually pushes a notification to the user whether to share their > location or not. So if they don't allow it, then they don't get the offer. > Alternatively, you could even make this an analytics exercise by firing a > tracking script if they share their location with the browser. Could > determine if certain regions are more prone to this type of marketing. > > Hope this helps, > - Brandtley > > > > On 9/30/2011 11:55 AM, Rusty Fincke wrote: > > Hey gang, > > Thought I would reach out and see if anyone had an advice, resources, or > direction for me here. I'm looking to display content on a website based on > a users location. I'm doing some work for a company that has stores in > different areas around the country and I need to display a different phone > number or other location specific information from the same website. (This > is not for mobile devices) > > I've looked around a bit and would prefer not to pay for a service if at > all possible. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Rusty Fincke > [email protected] > -- > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > > > -- > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > -- infochimps.com - discover data -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
