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Code to view current location on Google Maps using HTML5 Geolocation
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
</head>
<body>
<div id="geo-wrapper" width="600" height="400"></div>
<span id="geo-error"></span>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"></script>
<script>
$(function(){
if(navigator.geolocation)
{
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(show_map,show_map_error);
}
else
{
$("#geo-error").html('Your browser does not support geolocation.');
}
});
function show_map(loc){
var lat = loc.coords.latitude;
var lon = loc.coords.longitude;
var lat_lon = new google.maps.LatLng(lat,lon);
mapholder = document.getElementById('geo-wrapper')
mapholder.style.height = '250px';
mapholder.style.width = '500px';
var mapOptions = {
center:lat_lon,
zoom:14,
mapTypeId:google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP,
mapTypeControl:false,
navigationControlOptions:{style:google.maps.NavigationControlStyle.SMALL}
}
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("geo-wrapper"), mapOptions);
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({position:lat_lon, map:map, title:"You are here.!"});
}
function show_map_error(error){
var x = document.getElementById("geo-error");
switch(error.code) {
case error.PERMISSION_DENIED:
x.innerHTML = "User denied the request for Geolocation."
break;
case error.POSITION_UNAVAILABLE:
x.innerHTML = "Location information is unavailable."
break;
case error.TIMEOUT:
x.innerHTML = "The request to get user location timed out."
break;
case error.UNKNOWN_ERROR:
x.innerHTML = "An unknown error occurred."
break;
}
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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