[OSM-talk] map with FF 3.5 geolocation und hostip

[Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason]

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 4:46 PM, John Smith<delta_foxtrot at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- On Thu, 2/7/09, Bernhard zwischenbrugger <bz at datenkueche.com> wrote:
>> First I read the location from http://api.hostip.info.
>> Then, if the user has a browser with "geolocation" (wifi
>> based position
>> finder) the user will be asked if he wants to give his
>> Firefox 3.5
>> geolocation to the browser.
>
> RIM has had javascript based geolocation in their blackberry browser for a few years now, and suddenly cause mozilla foundation and apple does it people actually start to care?

People care because it has been standardized and is being implemented
by major players: http://dev.w3.org/geo/api/spec-source.html