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if (!navigator.geolocation) { | |
navigator.geolocation = (function (window) { | |
function reloadGeoIP(callback) { | |
// NOTE: for some reason, chaging the url is *allowed* with this service. Useful, but random | |
var geourl = 'http://j.maxmind.com/app/geoip.js_' + Math.random(), | |
iframe = document.createElement('iframe'), | |
doc, win; | |
iframe.style.display = 'none'; | |
window.document.body.appendChild(iframe); | |
doc = iframe.contentDocument || iframe.contentWindow.document; | |
win = iframe.contentWindow; | |
// once the script has loaded, it triggers an onload event | |
// TODO: cross browser test | |
iframe.onload = function () { | |
// assign all the captured values across to our geo object | |
var geo = { | |
coords: { | |
latitude: win.geoip_latitude(), | |
longitude: win.geoip_longitude() | |
// other values are supported, i.e. accuracy, speed, heading, etc | |
}, | |
timestamp: (new Date()).getTime() | |
}; | |
// then remove the iframe from the body to clear the memory...I hope! | |
window.document.body.removeChild(iframe); | |
callback.call(callback, geo); | |
}; | |
// create a document on the fly | |
doc.open(); | |
doc.write('<' + 'script src="' + geourl + '"><' + '/script>'); | |
doc.close(); | |
} | |
return { | |
clearWatch: function () {}, | |
getCurrentPosition: function (callback) { | |
reloadGeoIP(callback); | |
}, | |
// TODO shouldn't be too difficult :) | |
watchPosition: function () {} | |
}; | |
})(this); | |
} |
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