Hi,

Is there any way to get GPS location using Javascript in N900 browser ? I have heard that I could be possible but some plugin needs to be installed first. I would like to use the location on my ajax web page.

I guess looking at http://dev.w3.org/geo/api/spec-source.html and https://developer.mozilla.org/en/using_geolocation should help. You need to install the maemo-geolocation package.

Thank you!

Does this mean that I need to use Firefox and it's not possible with the built-in browser that ships with N900 ?

Check out maeMaps (search this site) for an example application that uses the plugin.

The plugin works with the built-in browser.

Here is a post:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...hlight=maemaps

also try this: install greasemonkey plugin then maemo geolocation plugin; then you are able to use gmaps quite easy

The N900 browser is based on Firefox code, it uses the Gecko engine just like Firefox does. And the API itself is a completely browser-independent W3C Standard Draft.

Some status update for those who are trying similar stuff.

I installed Firefox Mobile on my N900 and then Maemo GeoLocation add-on (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/addon/46819), works pretty ok, you can test it at:
http://geo.webvm.net/

This configuration does not enable geolocation in N900 default browser however.

Hey you can also check
www.narrativecolors.com/map.html for javascript example.

also here is the code

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function getMyLocation(){
if(navigator.geolocation) { // Try Browser's Geolocation
browserSupportFlag = true;
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function( position) {
initialLocation = new google.maps.LatLng(position.coords.latitude,positi on.coords.longitude);
map.setCenter(initialLocation);
}, function() { handleNoGeolocation(browserSupportFlag); });
} else if (google.gears) { // Try Google Gears Geolocation
browserSupportFlag = true;
var geo = google.gears.factory.create('beta.geolocation');
geo.getCurrentPosition(function(position) {
initialLocation = new google.maps.LatLng(position.latitude,position.long itude);
map.setCenter(initialLocation);
}, function() { handleNoGeoLocation(browserSupportFlag); });
} else { // Browser doesn't support Geolocation
browserSupportFlag = false;
handleNoGeolocation(browserSupportFlag);
}
function handleNoGeolocation(errorFlag) {
if (errorFlag == true) {
alert("Geolocation service failed.");
} else {
alert("Your browser doesn't support geolocation !!");
}
}
var image = new google.maps.MarkerImage(
'images/iamhere.png', new google.maps.Size(48,48),
new google.maps.Point(0,0),
new google.maps.Point(24,48)
);

marker = new google.maps.Marker({ map: map, position: initialLocation, icon: image, title:"We are Here !! "});
}


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Is solution fr this?