New geolocation API from Google
August 22, 2008 //
I heard news of this from one of my Google contacts this morning - Google has just released an API to enable geolocation for mobile and desktop web sites. Lastminute (http://m.lastminute.com) is amongst the first to launch a useful location-aware site - it locates you without the need for GPS and then displays restaurants in your local area
What’s surprising is that the API is only useful if you have a Windows mobile or desktop browser. Watch this space for more device support soon though.
This will be extremely useful for social networks.
Check out the official Google blog for more information.
Gerald Wiggins says 
marco goldschmied says 
Sharon Crossley says 
At the beginning, Google Geolocation API has determined the location for only Americans, for the other it has returned “unknown”. Later this service was advanced, but it often does not show results even for developed countries as yet. For such cases, there is a simple javascript extension to the Google API, which gives back the country of user.
http://www.wipmania.com/en/blog/google-geolocation-api/
October 7th, 2008