How to show the location of the user, as in facebook?

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I have searched in many places but I couldn't find the answer for this.

The thing is I want to display the users current location in the Web page just as a text without using Maps and pointing to that.

Many places I saw used Maps for implementation, is there any way ?

Thanks in advance :)

[Google Geolocation API](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/business/geolocation/) — Pankit Kapadia, Dec 20 '12 at 12:02

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 20 '12 at 11:58

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You can use HTML5 Geolocation feature: http://html5demos.com/geo

answered Dec 20 '12 at 11:58

MarcinJuraszek

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Thanks but it says, location failed – Arunkumar Srisailapathi Dec 20 '12 at 12:02
Your browser should ask you about the permission - you have to grand it. – MarcinJuraszek Dec 20 '12 at 12:05

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 20 '12 at 12:02

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try the google maps api (v3) geocoding stuff: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/geocoding#GeocodingAddressTypes

there would be a possibility to simple write down the current location (as street or city)

answered Dec 20 '12 at 12:02

EnrageDev

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 20 '12 at 12:03

HTML5 Geolocation has already been mentioned, but I recommend you use PHP Geo IP Location as a fallback - it derives a coarse location from the IP address even if the user doesn't allow the HTML5 location request or uses a browser, that doesn't support it.

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Feb 07 '14 at 23:10

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In your webpage use JavaScript to get client IP. Then use IP to location conversion web services to map the IP address of the client to the physical location.

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answered Dec 20 '12 at 12:05

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score 0 · Answer 5 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

By lattitude and Longitude values only you can the location you can use this following link in your program.This link will return a xml file having details and you can parse and get the location name.Hope it helps

http://api.geonames.org/findNearbyPlaceName?lat=47.3&lng=9&username=demo

and once check this post

Get latitude and longitude automatically using php, API

First you need a geographic location for each hotspot ideally using latitude and longitude. You can use the Google Geocoding API to go through each record and store lat/long.

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 23 '13 at 08:06

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I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for, but it is pretty simple to implement. Hope this works for you. All the best! http://gonga.in/simple-location-tracker-script/

answered Sep 23 '13 at 08:06

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