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The Geolocation API: Using Maps and Location in Your Web Pages
The geolocation API and maps are core to any location-based web application. This course will teach you how to use geolocation and the Google Maps API in your web applications.
Intermediate
- Course
The Geolocation API: Using Maps and Location in Your Web Pages
The geolocation API and maps are core to any location-based web application. This course will teach you how to use geolocation and the Google Maps API in your web applications.
Intermediate
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What you'll learn
This course, The Geolocation API: Using Maps and Location in Your Web Pages, introduces JavaScript developers to the geolocation API, available in all modern browsers. First, you will use the geolocation JavaScript API, seeing how to handle errors and how the browser determines a location. Next, you'll learn how to use a location to generate a map with the Google Maps library and build a simple place search application. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the foundation to create desktop and mobile web applications that incorporate location and mapping libraries to help users as they move around in the world.
The Geolocation API: Using Maps and Location in Your Web Pages
Intermediate
Elisabeth Robson is the co-founder, principal, and author at WickedlySmart. She teaches, writes, and consults on internet technologies.