The Geolocation API: Using Maps and Location in Your Web Pages
Pluralsight
Course Summary
The geolocation API and maps are core to any location-based web application. This course will teach you how to use geolocation and the Google Maps API in your web applications.
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Course Description
This course, The Geolocation API: Using Maps and Location in Your Web Pages, introduces JavaScript developers to the geolocation API, available in all modern browsers. First, you will use the geolocation JavaScript API, seeing how to handle errors and how the browser determines a location. Next, you'll learn how to use a location to generate a map with the Google Maps library and build a simple place search application. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the foundation to create desktop and mobile web applications that incorporate location and mapping libraries to help users as they move around in the world.
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Course Syllabus
Course Overview- 1m 49s
—Course Overview 1m 49sIntroduction- 12m 53s
—The Course, at a Glance 1m 51s
—Getting Set Up 4m 6s
—Getting Started with Geolocation 4m 23s
—JavaScript Web APIs 2m 31sGeolocation Basics- 13m 4sGeolocation API Properties and Methods- 18m 5sOptimizing Your Geolocation Application- 7m 37sUsing Google Maps with the Geolocation API- 17m 9sUsing Google Maps Places to Create a Simple Search Application- 20m 26sWrap Up- 5m 38s
