Two Ways to Find You

Google have released two new ways to find a web user's location without requiring any user input.

1. The AJAX API Property

The AJAX API Property retrieves an approximate location from a user's IP address. Google Blogoscoped has released an example Google Map that uses the AJAX API property to centre the map on the user's location and provide the results of an image search based on the user's location. The map is called Where are You?

2. The Gears Geolocation API
The Gears Geolocation API provides a way to get a more precise estimate of a user's location. On mobile devices with Gears installed, the Geolocation API can triangulate a location on nearby cell-phone masts to get a more accurate position fix.

Via: Google Code Blog: Two new ways to location-enable your web apps