User Location for V8 Web Control
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Obtaining a user's location can easily be done using the W3C Geolocation API. This API is exposed through the navigator.geolocation property in the browser. The browser will display a notification to the user the first time this API tries to get the users location, and ask permission to share this data. The geolocation class has the following static methods.
| Name | Return Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
getCurrentPosition(successCallback:function,errorCallback?:function,opt?:PositionOptions) |
Attempts to obtain the users location. If successful it will trigger the callback function. This callback will receive a Position object that contains coordinates of the user and possibly additional information such as accuracy speed, heading, altitude. | |
watchPosition(successCallback:function,errorCallback?:function,opt?:PositionOptions) |
number | Monitors the users position and triggers the callback if the user location information changes. This method will return a number which is the ID of this task. It can be used to clear/stop this task. |
clearWatch(watchId:number) |
Clears/stops a watch position task with the specified ID. |
PositionOptions Object
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
enableHighAccuracy |
boolean | This tells the browser that it would like to receive the best possible results. This may result in slower response times or increased power consumption. Default is false. |
timeout |
number | The maximum length of time (expressed in milliseconds) that is allowed to pass from the call until the corresponding successCallback is invoked. Default is Infinity. |
maximumAge |
number | Indicates that the application is willing to accept a cached position whose age is no greater than the specified time in milliseconds. Default is 0. |
Position Object
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
coords |
Coordinate | Contains the geographic coordinate information. |
timestamp |
The time when the position object was acquired. |
Coordinate Object
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
latitude |
number | The latitude coordinate value. |
longitude |
number | The longitude coordinate value. |
altitude |
number | The altitude in meters above the WGS84 ellipsoid. This value is not always returned. |
accuracy |
number | Accuracy level of the latitude and longitude coordinates in meters. |
altitudeAccuracy |
number | Accuracy of the altitude value in meters. This value is not always returned. |
heading |
number | The direction in which the device is pointed in degrees counting clockwise where true north is 0 degrees. This value is not always returned. |
speed |
number | The speed at which the device is travelling in meters per seconds. This value is not always returned. |