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Tried on Safari, it timed out. Cleared my cache, tried again. Same thing. Tried Chrome, timed out. I'll enter my location manually, it seems like a really awesome idea!
That sucks :( Maybe if you try on an ipad or smartphone (devices with gps)?
I notice its using the enableHighAccuracy flag, which probably helps. I've been told you also might be able to get better precision with watchPosition(), as the precision will get better with each call, though it's not used here.
Why your site no work? I refresh three times before it find location. Then, it finally find me, and all I get is a spinner arrow. I am disappoint :(
Well, there's a lot of factors here... HTML5 Geolocation is not very accurate if the device doesn't have a GPS. You can always enter your location manually from tne settings pane (the more specific you are the better). If the app got stuck at "looking for data around you" then one of the services (twitter, instagram, foursquare or youtube) failed and the app tries to get results from the services again. Sorry if your…
Doesn't seem to have my location right - off by quite a few clicks
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Well, there's a lot of factors here... HTML5 Geolocation is not very accurate if the device doesn't have a GPS. You can always enter your location manually from tne settings pane (the more specific you are the better). If the app got stuck at "looking for data around you" then one of the services (twitter, instagram, foursquare or youtube) failed and the app tries to get results from the services again. Sorry if your…
Being stuck in an endless loop is not a good way of informing the user of what's gone wrong.
Very slick! And I agree with the others, this gets location quite well (except it put me north of the Thames). There are so many location apps, so it's good to see something simplified. Now the one thing you need to do is give me a reason to keep coming back to the site. Add chat maybe? There are lots of location-based chat apps now, that allow you to chat with people in the same location as you. What I would love is…
Very nice. Reminds me of what http://ban.jo/ is doing on mobile.
Interesting so many people here are surprised at the precision of it, which shows HTML5 geolocation is doing well. (Though it comes down to how the browser gets geo data, I think some beyond Chrome are using Google, but not sure). I notice its using the enableHighAccuracy flag, which probably helps. I've been told you also might be able to get better precision with watchPosition(), as the precision will get better wi…