[webkit-dev] localization service for Webkit ?

[David Kilzer]

On Fri, 9/5/08, Matthieu C <matthieu at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I'm curious to find out if it will be possible to
> access from Javascript or other mechanisms the user
> localization (Lat/Long) and then use them onto my web
> application ?

This is not currently available.  Google has written a Geolocation API for Google Gears, but it only works on certain platforms (and if the user has Gears installed, obviously):

http://code.google.com/apis/gears/api_geolocation.html

A blog about the API:

http://blog.programmableweb.com/2008/08/25/googles-new-geolocation-api-for-gears/

Dave