Comments on: MapQuest Mobile Implements Browser Geolocation http://mapscripting.com/mapquest-mobile-implements-browser-geolocation Create Location-based Web Applications Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:13:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Travis Spencer http://mapscripting.com/mapquest-mobile-implements-browser-geolocation/comment-page-1#comment-364 Travis Spencer Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:56:44 +0000 http://mapscripting.com/?p=311#comment-364 Great site, Adam. Very fun. I have a tendency to do the same thing all the time, so it was fun to try it out and find something new. How are you storing state about which places I've been to? Cookie? I was really spooked when Firefox asked me to share my location w/ the site. I was all, "What's this!?" I read the Firefox's FAQ, and forbid it from sharing the information (which is probably not surprising to you considering our previous conversation). Telling Google where I am is too much. They want my SSN or credit card number also so they can verify my name: http://j.mp/8MU0HV. Where do these people stop? When they're embedded in my brain?! They would certainly be able to sell a lot of CPM ads that way. Again, cool site. I'll be having coffee somewhere new very soon thanks to you ;-) Great site, Adam. Very fun. I have a tendency to do the same thing all the time, so it was fun to try it out and find something new.

How are you storing state about which places I’ve been to? Cookie?

I was really spooked when Firefox asked me to share my location w/ the site. I was all, “What’s this!?” I read the Firefox’s FAQ, and forbid it from sharing the information (which is probably not surprising to you considering our previous conversation). Telling Google where I am is too much. They want my SSN or credit card number also so they can verify my name: http://j.mp/8MU0HV. Where do these people stop? When they’re embedded in my brain?! They would certainly be able to sell a lot of CPM ads that way.

Again, cool site. I’ll be having coffee somewhere new very soon thanks to you ;-)

]]> By: AdamD http://mapscripting.com/mapquest-mobile-implements-browser-geolocation/comment-page-1#comment-360 AdamD Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:02:53 +0000 http://mapscripting.com/?p=311#comment-360 Thanks Stan. That seems like a great project, akin to Mapstraction, which I recommend for abstracting differences between mapping providers: http://mapscripting.com/which-maps-api-should-i-use Thanks Stan. That seems like a great project, akin to Mapstraction, which I recommend for abstracting differences between mapping providers:
http://mapscripting.com/which-maps-api-should-i-use

]]> By: Stan Wiechers http://mapscripting.com/mapquest-mobile-implements-browser-geolocation/comment-page-1#comment-359 Stan Wiechers Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:47:31 +0000 http://mapscripting.com/?p=311#comment-359 came across your post, i am working a javascript library that supports many other platforms not just iphone and android, but also many blackberries. http://code.google.com/p/geo-location-javascript/ lots of possibilities. came across your post, i am working a javascript library that supports many other platforms not just iphone and android, but also many blackberries.

http://code.google.com/p/geo-location-javascript/

lots of possibilities.

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