Location Finding With Google Maps Comes To Chrome And Firefox
If you are running Chrome 2.0+ or FireFox 3.5+ you will notice a dot in the upper left corner of Google Maps that should, theoretically, be able to locate your position using the W3C Geolocation API.
We have been around this block before with apps like Geode and Google Gears, but it has yet to catch on like it has with mobile phones. Of course, all of this will change as more location-specific services are implemented. At any rate, give it a shot and let us know how accurate it is. It worked pretty well for me. [TechCrunch]
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I just did a search from Brisbane with an Optus IP connection and got “Your location could not be determined.”
Holy crap its only like 5 meters off where i am, thats amazing and scary.
Wouldnt work in firefox but worked in chrome.
Wasnt particularly accurate only showing me that i was in the sydney area, still quite impressive though.
Google is watching!
“Your location could not be determined.”
I am also in Brisbane
ok update, firefox actually had a pop up at the top of the screen asking me if I wanted to allow google maps to know my location, which is why it did not work. After allowing it access the dot could identify that I was in Brisbane somewhere, but could not pinpoint my location.
gave my location as perth…. i’m in melbourne :|
I’m in rural N.S.W, well out of town on a farm. It located me within a few meters. Nearly as well as my GPS phone.
Got me aswell. SCARY!