How do you get Client location using Google Maps API v3? I tried the following code but kept getting the "google.loader.ClientLocation is null or not an object" error. Any ideas why ??
if (google.loader.ClientLocation) {
alert(google.loader.ClientLocation.latitude+" "+google.loader.ClientLocation.longitude);
}
Thank You
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No need to do your own implementation. I can recommend using geolocationmarker
from google-maps-utility-library-v3.
It seems you now do not need to reverse geocode and now get the address directly from ClientLocation:
google.loader.ClientLocation.address.city
A bit late but I got something similar that I'm busy building and here is the code to get current location - be sure to use local server to test.
Include relevant scripts from CDN:
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=YOUR_API_KEY&signed_in=true&callback=initMap">
<div id="map"></div>
html, body {
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#map {
height: 100%;
}
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
center: {lat: -34.397, lng: 150.644},
zoom: 6
});
var infoWindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({map: map});
// Try HTML5 geolocation.
if (navigator.geolocation) {
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function(position) {
var pos = {
lat: position.coords.latitude,
lng: position.coords.longitude
};
infoWindow.setPosition(pos);
infoWindow.setContent('Location found.');
map.setCenter(pos);
}, function() {
handleLocationError(true, infoWindow, map.getCenter());
});
} else {
// Browser doesn't support Geolocation
handleLocationError(false, infoWindow, map.getCenter());
}
function handleLocationError(browserHasGeolocation, infoWindow, pos) {
infoWindow.setPosition(pos);
infoWindow.setContent(browserHasGeolocation ?
'Error: The Geolocation service failed.' :
'Error: Your browser doesn\'t support geolocation.');
}
I couldn't get the above code to work.
Google does a great explanation though here: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/basics.html#DetectingUserLocation
Where they first use the W3C Geolocation method and then offer the Google.gears fallback method for older browsers.
The example is here:
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/map-geolocation.html
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