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The HTML Geolocation option is build-in option in HTML-5. | The HTML Geolocation option is build-in option in HTML-5. | ||
<br>The | <br>The purpose of this page is to describe how the Geolocation can be implemented in PHP. | ||
== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
The HTML-5 Geolocation implementation makes it possible to get the current location of the Website user with the following restrictions: | The HTML-5 Geolocation implementation makes it possible to get the current location of the Website user with the following restrictions: | ||
* The feature is only available in secure | * The feature is only available in secure contexts (https). | ||
* The user has to give permission to access his personal location (privacy reason). | |||
* A VPN connection hides the real position and replace the location by the VPN instead. This makes the Geolocation useless. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 14:58, 17 October 2017
Geolocation is the identification or estimation of the real-world geographic location of an object, such as a radar source, mobile phone, or Internet-connected computer terminal.
In this page only the Website HTML-5 Geolocation is described [1].
The HTML Geolocation option is build-in option in HTML-5.
The purpose of this page is to describe how the Geolocation can be implemented in PHP.
Introduction
The HTML-5 Geolocation implementation makes it possible to get the current location of the Website user with the following restrictions:
- The feature is only available in secure contexts (https).
- The user has to give permission to access his personal location (privacy reason).
- A VPN connection hides the real position and replace the location by the VPN instead. This makes the Geolocation useless.
See also
Reference
- ↑ Developer Mozilla, Using Geolocation Developer.