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
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