Geolocationin Web Browsers

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Presentation Agenda

1. What is Geolocation

2. Methods

3. Services

4. Motivation and Usage ExamplesGeolocation - Radek Míka

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What is Geolocation?

“Indentification of geographic location” Mobile phone Computer (connected to the internet)

Practice of assessing the location

Actual assessed location

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geolocation

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Usage of Geolocation

1. Browsers in mobile phones

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Browsers in notebooks

3. Mobile applications

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Desktop applications

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Methods of Geolocation

1. IP 2. BTS

3. WiFi 4. GPS

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Geolocation Services and API’s

• W3C Geolocation API• Google Gears – Geolocation API

• Loki.com• Geode

• google.com/loc/json• geoIPtool.com

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Motivation and Usage Examples

WHY WHERE

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Usage Examples

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Nothing is flawless

Brazil instead of Pilsen

Summary• Geolocation is cool

• We can use it for applications in or out of browser

• Useful mostly in mobile devices (mobile phones, notebooks)

• 4 methods to locate device (IP, BTS, WiFi, GPS)

• Geolocation today and tomorrow

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Sources• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geolocation• http://dev.w3.org/geo/api/spec-source.html

• http://code.google.com/intl/cs-CZ/apis/gears/api_geolocation.html• https://developer.mozilla.org/en/using_geolocation• http://loki.com/• http://mozillalabs.com/blog/2008/10/introducing-geode/• http://www.geoiptool.com/

• http://prezi.com/nwcqic1fyeon/ (M. Hassman) – S geolokací by se neztratili ani Jeníček a Mařenka• http://www.slideshare.net/neilcrosby/geolocation-and-beer (Neil Crosby) - Geolocation and Beer

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Any Questions?

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Thank you for your attention

Radek Míka@radekmika