Location based services in the browser

June 8, 2009 code, mobile thoughts lbs location

One of the main reasons for creating applications in stead of web based services running in the browser is that you cant get hold of location data from the gps in the handset. There are actually a few options of doing that. And a W3C standard is on its way! I have made a small compilation […]

Playing with geoip

May 21, 2009 code, mobile thoughts geoip lbs location

Have been playing with MaxMinds free geoip lookup tool. Its pretty OK. The quality, as far as I have tested, is pretty good! More than good enough to use in location aware mobile services. Ofcourse you have the issue with looking up location of the operators gateway when the user is connected throgh the telco network… […]

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Location based services in the browser

Playing with geoip