Chapter 7 – GPS and Google Maps

The goal of this chapter is to show you how to interact with the GPS sensor in your phone and integrate that sensor with Google Maps.

Example 7-1 GPS Basics

How to get the GPS coordinates from your device.

http://www.learnhtml5book.com/chapter7/basics.php

Example 7-2 Google Maps Basics

How to create a basic Google Map using a little HTML and JavaScript.

http://www.learnhtml5book.com/chapter7/gmap.php

Example 7-3 Google Maps Geocoding

How to place a marker and use geocoding to turn an address into a set of GPS coordinates.

http://www.learnhtml5book.com/chapter7/gmap2.php

Example 7-4 Static Google Maps

How to do the same thing as the previous example but with a URL versus JavaScript.

http://www.learnhtml5book.com/chapter7/static.php