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How To Use HTML5 GeoLocation API With Google Maps

In this tutorial we are going to learn how to use the Geolocation API to get your current latitude and longitude, from these results we can then connect to the Google Maps API to display your location in the browser.

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The Geolocation API

The Geolocation API defines an interface used to get location information of the visitor, from this interface you can return the latitude and longitude of the current visitor. Common sources of the location are GPS or IP Address.
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