On Aug 23, 1:45 am, Rajinder Yadav <[email protected]> wrote: > I am trying to figure out how to get the user's geo-location when a > request comes in after they've clicked on a link. Is there a easy way to > do this in rails, also is the geo-location provided by the user's > browser, or is there another way this is determined? >
You might want to take a look at the html5 geolocation api ( http://dev.w3.org/geo/api/spec-source.html ). The browser will ask the user for permission, and precision will vary - last time I checked on my machine Safari used nearby wifi signals to work out its position (which was pretty good) whereas Firefox just did an ip address thing, which was out by a hunded miles (and sometimes is completely wrong, eg if I'm travelling and using a VPN) Fred > Thanks! > > -- > Kind Regards, > Rajinder Yadav -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
