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]
John
Friday, July 10, 2009 at 8:21 AMI just did a search from Brisbane with an Optus IP connection and got “Your location could not be determined.”
Dave
Friday, July 10, 2009 at 9:21 AMHoly crap its only like 5 meters off where i am, thats amazing and scary.
Richard Storey
Friday, July 10, 2009 at 9:43 AMWouldnt 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!
Sam Pryor
Friday, July 10, 2009 at 9:55 AM“Your location could not be determined.”
I am also in Brisbane
Sam Pryor
Friday, July 10, 2009 at 9:59 AMok 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.
Aaron
Friday, July 10, 2009 at 10:53 AMgave my location as perth…. i’m in melbourne :|
Jake
Friday, July 10, 2009 at 4:10 PMI’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.
Mathew Merryweather
Friday, July 10, 2009 at 9:37 PMGot me aswell. SCARY!