Find User Location using HTML5 Geolocation..and Google Geocode for address
by Yamini Sontakke
HTML
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false&region=US&language=en"></script>
<div id="results"></div>
JavaScript
var userLocation = (function() {
return {
init: function() {
this.getLocation();
},
getLocation: function() {
var self = this;
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(self.geocodeLocation, self.printError);
},
geocodeLocation: function(loc) {
var self = userLocation;
self.position = {
lat: loc.coords.latitude,
long: loc.coords.longitude
}
self.geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
var currentLocation = new google.maps.LatLng(self.position.lat, self.position.long);
self.geocoder.geocode({
'latLng': currentLocation
}, function(results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
self.address = results[2].formatted_address;
self.printLocation();
}
});
},
printLocation: function() {
var self = userLocation;
$('#results').append('Estimated address: ' + self.address + '<br>Estimated latlng: ' + self.position.lat + ', ' + self.position.long);
},
printError: function() {
$('#results').append('No location found');
}
};
}());
$(document).ready(function() {
userLocation.init();
});