Instant HTML5 Geolocation How-to

Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. The book will take a how-to approach, focusing on recipes that demonstrate geolocation in HTML5.This book is for web developers who want to incorporate geolocation technology into their applications. Previous knowledge about geolocation software or standards is not required. However, this book assumes a general understanding of web technologies, and both Javascript and jQuery in particular.

Ben Werdmuller is a web developer, product manager, and entrepreneur. He co-founded Elgg, an open source social networking platform used by organizations such as NASA, the World Bank, and Oxfam. Currently, he serves as the CTO of latakoo.com, an enterprise platform for sending, storing, and sharing videos and large files. He writes at benwerd.com.