{"id":389696,"date":"2010-03-04T15:31:57","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T20:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/google_chrome_becomes_location_aware.php"},"modified":"2010-03-04T15:31:57","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T20:31:57","slug":"google-chrome-becomes-location-aware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/389696","title":{"rendered":"Google Chrome Becomes Location Aware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"chrome_logo_may09.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/images\/chrome_logo_may09.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"145\"\/>Google just launched the latest <a href=\"http:\/\/googlechromereleases.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/dev-channel-update.html\">developer version of Chrome<\/a>, which now includes preliminary support for <strike>Google&#8217;s<\/strike> the W3C&#8217;s geolocation API. Google&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/dev.w3.org\/geo\/api\/spec-source.html\">Geolocation API<\/a> allows developers to pinpoint your computer&#8217;s location by looking at the WiFi networks around you, <\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">tweetmeme_url = 'http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/google_chrome_becomes_location_aware.php';tweetmeme_source = 'rww';<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/tweetmeme.com\/i\/scripts\/button.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>similar to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.SkyHookwireless.com\">SkyHook<\/a>&#8216;s technology that is part of Apple&#8217;s OSX and iPhone OS. For now, this new feature is still hidden behind a command line toggle and only available in the developer builds for Windows and OSX Leopard (it doesn&#8217;t work on Snow Leopard yet).<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><em>Sponsor<\/em><br \/><a href='http:\/\/d.ads.readwriteweb.com\/ck.php?n=18565&amp;cb=18565' ><img src='http:\/\/d.ads.readwriteweb.com\/avw.php?zoneid=14&amp;cb=18565&amp;n=18565' border='0' alt='' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To enable these built-in geolocation features, you have to run the browser with &#8220;&#8211;enable-geolocation.&#8221; It&#8217;s typical for Google to first hide these features behind a command line toggle before exposing them to a wider group of testers. The Chrome team also notes that the geolocation UI is still incomplete and that Chrome will forget the permissions you set.<\/p>\n<h2>Preparing for Chrome OS?<\/h2>\n<p>It makes sense for Google to enable geolocation for Chrome, especially given the impending release of the Chrome OS, which will also benefit from these new features. Mozilla already offers a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/en-US\/firefox\/geolocation\/\">built-in location API<\/a> for Firefox and with <a href=\"http:\/\/on10.net\/blogs\/sarahintampa\/Geosense-for-Windows\/\">Geosense for Windows<\/a>, Windows 7 developers can now also make use of Google&#8217;s Geolocation API in their native apps.<\/p>\n<h2>Location for Every Browser<\/h2>\n<p>Thanks to the current efforts by most browser developers, location APIs will soon become ubiquitous and hopefully more developers will make use of them. While a number of mobile apps for the iPhone, for example, now make use of the location feature in the mobile version of Safari, only a small number of browser-based apps are currently aware of your location. While using WiFi location isn&#8217;t quite as precise as using a GPS, the precision is usually much better than relying on a user&#8217;s IP address.  <\/p>\n<p><em>For more of our thoughts about location as a platform, also have a look at this post: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/foursquare_location_platform.php\">The Era of Location-as-Platform Has Arrived<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/google_chrome_becomes_location_aware.php#comments-open\">Discuss<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/jCUO4s9zNfeZyN34k7YbhbtBi5E\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/jCUO4s9zNfeZyN34k7YbhbtBi5E\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/jCUO4s9zNfeZyN34k7YbhbtBi5E\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/jCUO4s9zNfeZyN34k7YbhbtBi5E\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=djzMnXSNvE0:kVykLxyNRxM:FFnlKYwJmN0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=FFnlKYwJmN0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=djzMnXSNvE0:kVykLxyNRxM:Ij26kaj3iuU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=Ij26kaj3iuU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=djzMnXSNvE0:kVykLxyNRxM:C2pbw5bZMiI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=C2pbw5bZMiI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=djzMnXSNvE0:kVykLxyNRxM:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=djzMnXSNvE0:kVykLxyNRxM:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?i=djzMnXSNvE0:kVykLxyNRxM:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=djzMnXSNvE0:kVykLxyNRxM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?i=djzMnXSNvE0:kVykLxyNRxM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=djzMnXSNvE0:kVykLxyNRxM:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?i=djzMnXSNvE0:kVykLxyNRxM:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=djzMnXSNvE0:kVykLxyNRxM:OqabYuBsmOY\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=OqabYuBsmOY\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/readwriteweb\/~4\/djzMnXSNvE0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google just launched the latest developer version of Chrome, which now includes preliminary support for Google&#8217;s the W3C&#8217;s geolocation API. Google&#8217;s Geolocation API allows developers to pinpoint your computer&#8217;s location by looking at the WiFi networks around you, similar to SkyHook&#8216;s technology that is part of Apple&#8217;s OSX and iPhone OS. 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