Comments on: Google Offers A Geolocation API For Gears (But It Only Works On Windows Mobile)

By: Andreas

Andreas — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:04:39 +0000

At the beginning, Google Geolocation API has determined the location for only Americans, for the other it has returned “unknown”. Later this service was advanced, but it often does not show results even for developed countries as yet. For such cases, there is a simple javascript extension to the Google API, which gives back the country of user.

http://www.wipm...eolocation-api/

By: London Strategy Goes Mobile « London Strategy’s Weblog

London Strategy Goes Mobile « London Strategy’s Weblog — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:26:45 +0000

[...] at a recent Mobile Monday meeting that their mobile site was built using Google Gears and geolocation. Not to be outdone, at Mobile Monday Yahoo! also promoted Yahoo! Blueprint as a way to write once, [...]

By: Evan

Evan — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:27:49 +0000

Someone already created a position logger application for Windows Mobile:

http://www.pete...enken.nl/utrack

It says it should work without GPS hardware and solely use Google Gears.

By: 谷歌Gears和谷歌Desktop更新

谷歌Gears和谷歌Desktop更新 — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:36:39 +0000

[...] OS X，Safari已经可以使用谷歌的Gears，请到这里激活。谷歌Desktop 5.8 for [...]

By: Updates Announced For Google Gears And Google Desktop

Updates Announced For Google Gears And Google Desktop — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:22:31 +0000

[...] on Mac OS X. All Safari users running Mac OS X (Windows isn’t supported yet) can now access Gears-enabled sites like Zoho Office and the YouTube [...]

By: Google Ramps Up Mobile Search With My Location

Google Ramps Up Mobile Search With My Location — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:08:03 +0000

[...] to the company, Search with My Location approximates your location based on Cell ID technology already employed by Google Maps and returns businesses in that area. If [...]

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Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:57:51 +0000

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By: ttklf4

ttklf4 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:08:20 +0000

Hello,

if you like to see how the new Google Gears Geolocation API within a mobile service I would appreciate f you take a look at ttklf4. I have also implemented the new ClientLocation of the Google AJAX API which uses the IP address if you are connected over Wi-Fi. The AJAX API is also available for iPhone.

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八面来风(8月26日)：Live与中华黄页合作推出台湾在线地图_与G共舞 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:34:41 +0000

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By: Google’s New Geolocation API for Gears

Google’s New Geolocation API for Gears — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:26:36 +0000

[...] VentureBeat, CNET, and TechCrunch have additional good coverage and opinions on the [...]

By: Celulia “Blog de Celulares”

Celulia “Blog de Celulares” — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:54:36 +0000

[...] para móviles, Google Gears Mobile , solamente funciona en smartphones con Windows Mobile , y según TechCrunch se podría esperar una nueva release al momento de la salido del primer móvil de Google o del [...]

By: Google opens up its location API…but only to Windows Mobile

Google opens up its location API…but only to Windows Mobile — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:10:02 +0000

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By: williams

williams — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:27:41 +0000

so good apps. do Gears Geolocation API compatible with iphone or blackberry? if it can be used, it will boost it users.

By: Brad Neuberg

Brad Neuberg — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:50:09 +0000

Hi Erick; thanks for mentioning Gears. I work for Google. The Gears Geolocation API supports desktops as well; for example, once you’ve installed Gears navigate to the page http://uploadmo...ool.appspot.com which will find your location on a desktop using Wifi tricks. The Geolocation API works on Windows Mobile, Linux (Firefox), Mac OS X (Firefox), and Windows (Internet Explorer/Firefox). Safari support is being developed.

Best,
Brad Neuberg
Google

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:26:13 +0000

Title Correction; “Google’s answer to FireEgale”

By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Google、Gearsで使えるジオロケーション専用API提供（携帯はまだWMのみ対応）

TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Google、Gearsで使えるジオロケーション専用API提供（携帯はまだWMのみ対応） — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:56:59 +0000

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By: mike ashworth

mike ashworth — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:44:17 +0000

This is encouraging. With each story like this we move towards enabling the social tool of choice (mobile phone) with the tools to carry out certain “social” activities whilst out and about.

The power of knowing who is around you (opt in of course), whether you are a business or a personal user is incredibly powerful.

One step nearer.

Mike Ashworth
Marketing Coach and Consultant
Brighton and Hove, Sussex, UK

By: Google libera sus API de geolocalización

Google libera sus API de geolocalización — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:18:39 +0000

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By: A disgruntled Brit

A disgruntled Brit — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:54:45 +0000

Erick Schonfeld – with all the incessant whining from Arrington about getting the small things right on the iPhone, problems with MobileMe et al, don’t you think you should take his advice and RESEARCH before you write?

OK, you’ve probably never heard of lastminute.com, but then they’ve probably never heard of you, in which case, should they presume (as you have) that you are embryonic or foetal?

Get your act together!

Good news about geo-location however

By: Stuart Dallas

Stuart Dallas — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:38:14 +0000

LastMinute.com has been around for 10 years, been bought and sold more times than I’ve changed jobs and is in no way a “mobile startup”. Did you do any research for this article or did you just make it up from a press summary? If this simple point is wrong how are we supposed to trust anything on TC?

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Abbas Shareef — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:01:49 +0000

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1986 To Present » Blog Archive » Google 提供地理定位 API Google 提供地理定位 API — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:47:54 +0000

[...] TechCrunch 报道, Google 在去年6月份曾暗示过他们会发布一个地理定位 API(Geolocation API),现在 [...]

By: Peter Cranstone

Peter Cranstone — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:39:26 +0000

We’ve had the capability for over a year now. Any app can access any native device information and send that to a Web server. We also have the capability to allow JavaScript to access local API’s from the browser under Windows Mobile without the need for Google’s API.

More information and demonstrations can be found on our web site at http://www.5o9inc.com and http://www.5o9mm.com

Cheers,

Peter

By: Bob Dawson

Bob Dawson — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:36:42 +0000

Navizon has been offering such an API for a while and is available on many more devices (Blackberry, S60, Nokia, Java). And they can include Wifi positioning which is definitely a plus.
http://www.navizon.com